अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः
Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge
अथादृश्यत धर्मात्मा भुगुश्रेष्ठी महातपा: । आह्वयामास च तदा युद्धाय द्विजसत्तम:
athādṛśyata dharmātmā bhṛguśreṣṭhī mahātapāḥ | āhvayāmāsa ca tadā yuddhāya dvijasattamaḥ ||
ಆಗ ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮನೂ ಮಹಾತಪಸ್ವಿಯೂ ಆದ ಭೃಗುಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ, ದ್ವಿಜಸತ್ತಮ ಪರಶುರಾಮನು ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಯುದ್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಭೀಷ್ಮನನ್ನು ಆಮಂತ್ರಿಸಿದನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Even figures renowned for dharma and austerity may enter conflict when duty, honor, and competing obligations collide; the episode highlights how righteousness is tested in action, not merely proclaimed.
Paraśurāma, described as a supremely austere and righteous Brahmin of the Bhṛgu line, appears and formally challenges Bhīṣma to fight, initiating a major confrontation within the Udyoga Parva narrative.