Shloka 17

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

तामृचीकस्तदा दृष्टवा तस्या गर्भगतं द्विजम्‌ । अब्रवीद्‌ भुगुशार्दूल: स्वां भार्या देवरूपिणीम्‌

Transliteration

tām ṛcīkas tadā dṛṣṭvā tasyā garbhagataṃ dvijam | abravīd bhṛguśārdūlaḥ svāṃ bhāryāṃ devarūpiṇīm ||

Translation

Alors Ṛcīka, voyant l’enfant brahmane présent dans son sein, s’adressa à sa propre épouse—rayonnante d’un éclat divin. Le verset cadre un moment d’examen moral au cœur de la vie domestique : la perception du sage de ce qui est caché (l’être à naître) suscite des paroles qui façonneront le devoir, la conduite et les conséquences des choix faits dans le mariage et la lignée.

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋचीकः: R̥cīka (sage)
• ऋचीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋचीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• गर्भगतम्: gone into the womb; in the womb
• गर्भगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्विजम्: a brahmin; twice-born
• द्विजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भृगुशार्दूलः: tiger among the Bhṛgus
• भृगुशार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वाम्: his own
• स्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देवरूपिणीम्: having a divine form; godlike
• देवरूपिणीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवरूपिणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ऋचीक (Ṛcīka)
• भृगुशार्दूल (Bhṛguśārdūla—epithet of Ṛcīka)
• भार्या (wife of Ṛcīka)
• गर्भगत द्विज (unborn brahmin child in the womb)
• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva—speaker attribution)