Shloka 18
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
सहस्त्रबाहुर्द्युतिमान् धनुर्वेदविदां वरः / तस्य रामो ऽभवन्मृत्युर्जामदग्न्यो जनार्दनः
sahastrabāhurdyutimān dhanurvedavidāṃ varaḥ / tasya rāmo 'bhavanmṛtyurjāmadagnyo janārdanaḥ
サハスラバーフは光輝に満ち、弓術の聖典ダヌルヴェーダに通じる者の中で最勝であった。されど彼にとって、ラーマ—ジャーマダグニャ・ジャナールダナ—こそが死そのものとなった。
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting the lineage narrative to the assembled sages
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By naming Paraśurāma as “Janārdana,” the verse frames the slayer as an instrument of the Supreme Lord who restores dharma; the Atman/Iśvara stands beyond personal might, turning even a ‘foremost’ hero’s power into something subordinate to cosmic order.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this śloka; its practical implication aligns with Kurma Purana’s discipline ethic—mastery (like Dhanurveda) must be governed by dharma and self-restraint, which are foundational to any higher sādhana including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner control.
Though centered on a Vaiṣṇava epithet (Janārdana), the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis reads such divine intervention as one Supreme reality functioning through different forms—Vishnu’s avatāra acts as dharma’s corrective power, consistent with the text’s non-sectarian Shaiva–Vaishnava harmonization.