Shloka 22

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

रामेयं मम दौहित्री काशिराजसुता प्रभो । अस्या: शृणु यथातत्त्वं कार्य कार्यविशारद

Transliteration

rāmeyaṁ mama dauhitrī kāśirājasutā prabho | asyāḥ śṛṇu yathātattvaṁ kāryaṁ kāryaviśārada ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「主よパラシュラーマ、事を成し遂げるに巧みなる御方よ。この乙女は我が外孫、カーシー王の姫である。彼女には果たすべき用向きがある。ありのままを、彼女自身の口から直接お聞きくだされ。」

Word by Word

• रामेयं: this descendant of Rama / Ramāyāḥ apatyam (a woman named Ramā’s descendant)
• रामेयं: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• दौहित्री: granddaughter (daughter’s daughter)
• दौहित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काशिराजसुता: daughter of the king of Kāśī
• काशिराजसुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिराजसुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अस्याः: of her / her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: hear (you)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as / in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• तत्त्वम्: the truth / the real state
• तत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यम्: a task / something to be done
• कार्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कार्यविशारद: O one skilled in affairs/tasks
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्यविशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Kāśirāja (King of Kāśī)
• Bhīṣma’s granddaughter (Kāśirāja’s daughter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes truthful, direct hearing (yathātattvam) and proper procedure: an elder (Bhīṣma) asks a powerful authority (Paraśurāma) to listen to the concerned woman herself, highlighting fairness, accuracy, and ethical deliberation before action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses Paraśurāma respectfully, identifying a princess of Kāśī as his granddaughter and indicating she has a pending matter. He requests Paraśurāma to hear her account directly and precisely, setting up the dispute/appeal that follows.