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Shloka 336

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

नैवात्मनो5थ लघुतां जामदग्न्यो5ध्यगच्छत । यद्यपि अश्वमेध यज्ञ समस्त प्राणियोंको पवित्र करनेवाला तथा तेज और कान्तिको बढ़ानेवाला है तथापि उसके फलसे तेजस्वी परशुरामजी सर्वथा पापमुक्त न हो सके। इससे उन्होंने अपनी लघुताका अनुभव किया

naivātmano ’tha laghutāṃ jāmadagnyo ’dhyagacchat | yady api aśvamedha-yajñaḥ samasta-prāṇināṃ pāvanaḥ tathā tejaḥ-kānti-vardhanaḥ, tathāpi tasya phalena tejasvī paraśurāmaḥ sarvathā pāpa-mukto na babhūva | tasmād asau svāṃ laghutām anubabhāva |

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಜಮದಗ್ನಿಯ ಪುತ್ರ ಪರಶುರಾಮನು ಆತ್ಮದ ನಿಜವಾದ ಲಘುತ್ವವನ್ನು (ಉನ್ನತಿಯನ್ನು) ಪಡೆಯಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಶ್ವಮೇಧ ಯಜ್ಞವು ಸರ್ವಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪವಿತ್ರಗೊಳಿಸಿ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು-ಕಾಂತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದರೂ, ಅದರ ಫಲದಿಂದಲೂ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಪರಶುರಾಮನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಾಪಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ; ಆಗ ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪತೆಯನ್ನು ಅರಿತನು.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आत्मनःof himself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अथthen/and
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
लघुताम्littleness/insignificance
लघुताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलघुता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
जामदग्न्यःJāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
जामदग्न्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजामदग्न्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यगच्छत्understood/realized; came to know
अध्यगच्छत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
P
Parashurama (Jamadagnya)
A
Aśvamedha (Horse-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

Ritual merit, even from exalted sacrifices like the Aśvamedha, is not a mechanical guarantee of complete moral purification; inner fault and past wrongdoing require deeper ethical transformation, leading the wise to humility rather than pride.

Bhishma comments on Parashurama’s experience: despite performing or relying upon the famed purificatory power of the Aśvamedha, Parashurama does not become wholly sinless, and this failure makes him recognize his own moral limitation (laghutā).