Shloka 27

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

अम्बोवाच भगवउ्शरणं त्वाद्य प्रपन्नास्मि महाव्रतम्‌ । शोकपड्कार्णवान्मग्नां घोरादुद्धर मां विभो

Transliteration

Ambovāca: bhagavan śaraṇaṁ tvādya prapannāsmi mahāvratam | śoka-ṣaṭkārṇavān magnāṁ ghorād uddhara māṁ vibho ||

Translation

アンバーは言った。「福徳の主よ、あなたは大いなる誓戒に堅く立つお方。今日、私はあなたに帰依いたします。私は恐るべき悲嘆の大海に沈みゆく—全能の御方よ、どうか引き上げて救ってください。」

Word by Word

• अम्बा: Amba (the speaker)
• अम्बा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• प्रपन्ना: having taken refuge, surrendered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रपन्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाव्रतम्: of great vow (greatly vowed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाव्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शोक: of sorrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षट्
• Form: Neuter, Uninflected (numeral stem in compound), Plural-sense

• कार्णवात्: from the ocean
• कार्णवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्णव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मग्नाम्: sunk, immersed
• मग्नाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मग्न
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरात्: from the terrible (one)
• घोरात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• उद्धर: lift out, rescue
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Feminine (speaker), Accusative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one, O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambā
• Bhagavān (the Lord addressed)
• Vibhu (epithet of the Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights śaraṇāgati (taking refuge): when overwhelmed by suffering, one turns to a morally and spiritually steadfast protector (mahāvrata) and seeks deliverance from despair, emphasizing humility, dependence on higher guidance, and the ethical ideal of compassionate rescue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambā, afflicted by intense sorrow, addresses a revered, powerful figure as “Bhagavān” and “Vibhu,” declaring her surrender and pleading to be rescued from a terrifying ‘ocean of grief.’ The moment frames her crisis as a supplication for protection and intervention.