Shloka 57

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

परावसुर्महाराज क्षिप्त्वा55ह जनसंसदि । ये ते ययातिपतने यज्ञे सन्त: समागता:

Transliteration

parāvasur mahārāja kṣiptvā ha jana-saṁsadi | ye te yayāti-patane yajñe santaḥ samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

ວາສຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ພຣະມະຫາຣາຊາຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່! ປາຣາວະສຸໄດ້ໂຍນຄຳຕຳນິໃນສະພາປະຊາຊົນ ແລະປະກາດວ່າ: ‘ຣາມາ! ໃນຄາວທີ່ພຣະຣາຊາ ຢະຢາຕິ ຕົກຈາກສະຫວັນ ພວກຄົນດີເຊັ່ນ ປຣະຕັຣດະນະ ແລະຜູ້ອື່ນໆ ທີ່ຊຸມນຸມກັນໃນພິທີຍັດນັ້ນ ບໍ່ແມ່ນກະສັດຕຣິຍະດອກຫຼື? ຄຳສາບານຂອງເຈົ້າເປັນຄຳລວງ. ເຈົ້າອວດໂອ້ຢ່າງໄຮ້ປະໂຫຍດກາງປະຊາຊົນວ່າ “ຂ້າໄດ້ທຳລາຍກະສັດຕຣິຍະໝົດແລ້ວ.” ຂ້າເຊື່ອວ່າເຈົ້າໄປພຶ່ງພາພູເຂົາເພາະຢ້ານວິຣະບຸລຸດກະສັດຕຣິຍະ. ບັດນີ້ທົ່ວແຜ່ນດິນ ກະສັດຕຣິຍະນັບຮ້ອຍໄດ້ກັບມາເຕັມອີກ!’”

Word by Word

• परावसुः: Parāvasu (name)
• परावसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षिप्त्वा: having thrown / having cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• जनसंसदि: in the public assembly
• जनसंसदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनसंसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ययातिपतने: at the fall of Yayāti
• ययातिपतने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययातिपतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सन्तः: good / virtuous (men)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; present participle of अस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागताः: assembled / gathered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (speaker)
• Parāvasu
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• King Yayāti
• Pratardana
• Heaven (svarga)
• Public assembly (jana-saṁsad)
• Sacrifice (yajña)
• Mountains (parvata)
• Earth (pṛthivī)
• Kṣatriyas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage critiques empty boasting and tests the integrity of vows: public claims must align with reality, and ethical authority is undermined when one’s pledge is shown to be exaggerated or false.

What is happening in the narrative?

In an assembly, Parāvasu challenges Rāma (Paraśurāma) by citing earlier Kṣatriyas present at Yayāti’s sacrificial gathering, arguing that Kṣatriyas still existed and have reappeared, thus portraying Rāma’s claim of exterminating them as untrue and motivated by fear.