Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्यां छिन्नायां क्रोधदीप्तो5थ राम: शक्तीर्घोरा: प्राहिणोद्‌ द्वादशान्या: । तासां रूपं भारत नोत शक्‍्यं तेजस्वित्वाल्लाघवाच्चैव वक्तुम्‌,उस शक्तिके कट जानेपर परशुरामजी क्रोधसे जल उठे तथा उन्होंने दूसरी-दूसरी भयंकर बारह शक्तियाँ और छोड़ीं। भारत! वे इतनी तेजस्विनी तथा शीघ्रगामिनी थीं कि उनके स्वरूपका वर्णन करना असम्भव है

Transliteration

tasyāṁ chinnāyāṁ krodha-dīpto ’tha rāmaḥ śaktīr ghorāḥ prāhiṇod dvādaśānyāḥ | tāsāṁ rūpaṁ bhārata nota śakyaṁ tejasvitvāl lāghavāc caiva vaktum ||

Translation

その武器が断たれるや、怒りに燃えたラーマ（パラシュラーマ）は、さらに恐るべきシャクティを十二も投げ放った。おおバーラタよ、その姿は語り得ぬ。あまりに赫々たる威光を放ち、あまりに迅速であったからである。

Word by Word

तस्याम्in that (her/it)

छिन्नायाम्when (it) was cut

क्रोधदीप्तःblazing with anger

अथthen

रामःRama (Parashurama)

शक्तीःspears/energy-weapons (shaktis)

घोराःterrible

प्राहिणोत्sent/shot forth

द्वादशtwelve

अन्याःother/additional

तासाम्of those (spears)

रूपम्form/appearance

भारतO Bharata

नnot

उतindeed/also (emphatic)

शक्यम्possible

तेजस्वित्वात्because of brilliance

लाघवात्because of swiftness/lightness

चand

एवindeed/just

वक्तुम्to describe/say

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Bhārata (addressee)

śakti (divine spear/missile weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (anger) intensifies conflict: when one weapon is thwarted, anger drives the combatant to unleash even more fearsome force. It implicitly warns that uncontrolled anger multiplies harm and makes events exceed the limits of speech and reason.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s narration, after one śakti-weapon is cut down, Paraśurāma, enraged, launches twelve additional terrifying śakti missiles. Their brilliance and speed are said to be beyond description.