Shloka 86
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
तेषामपचितिश्लैव मया कार्या महामुने । न हाहं कामये नित्यमतिक्रान्तेन रक्षणम् । वर्तमानेन वर्तेयं तत् क्षिप्रं संविधीयताम्
teṣām apacitiś caiva mayā kāryā mahāmune | na hy ahaṁ kāmaye nityam atikrāntena rakṣaṇam | vartamānena varteyaṁ tat kṣipraṁ saṁvidhīyatām ||
महामुने! मुझे उन राजाओं के वंशजों का सत्कार करके उनके प्रति अपना ऋण चुकाना चाहिए। मैं धर्म की मर्यादा लाँघने वाले किसी क्षत्रिय से कभी अपनी रक्षा नहीं चाहती। जो अपने धर्म में स्थित हो, उसी के संरक्षण में रहना चाहती हूँ; अतः आप इसकी शीघ्र व्यवस्था करें।
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Protection and authority are legitimate only when grounded in dharma: one should not accept guardianship from a ruler who has violated moral limits, and one should actively repay obligations (apaciti) through respectful conduct toward benefactors and their descendants.
Vāsudeva addresses a sage, stating that he must honor the descendants of certain kings as a repayment of gratitude, and he requests swift arrangements so that protection/guardianship is entrusted to a kṣatriya who remains within dharma rather than one who has transgressed it.