Shloka 76
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
तथानुकम्पमानेन यज्वनाथामितौजसा
tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā | sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ ||
इसी प्रकार दयालु और यज्ञपरायण अमित-तेजस्वी महर्षि पराशर ने सौदास के पुत्र का प्राण बचाया था। वह राजकुमार द्विज होकर भी शूद्रवत् सब कर्म करता है; इसलिए ‘सर्वकर्मा’ नाम से विख्यात हुआ। वह राजा बनकर मेरी रक्षा करे।
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Compassion and righteous protection can transcend rigid social expectations: a person may be praised for undertaking any necessary duty (‘all works’) when guided by dharma, and such virtue becomes worthy of honor and protection.
Vāsudeva cites an earlier example: the powerful, sacrificially devoted sage Parāśara saved the life of King Saudāsa’s son. That prince, though ‘twice-born,’ became known as ‘Sarvakarmā’ because he performed all kinds of tasks; Vāsudeva invokes him as a protector.