Shloka 76

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

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

Devanagari script

तथानुकम्पमानेन यज्वनाथामितौजसा

Transliteration

tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā | sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

ວາສຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນທຳນອງດຽວກັນ, ມະຫາຣິຊິ ປະຣາຊະຣະ ຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້, ມີເມດຕາ ແລະ ອຸທິດຕົນໃນພິທີຍັດ, ເຄີຍຊ່ວຍຊີວິດບຸດຂອງ ສະອຸດາສະ ໄວ້. ແມ່ນແທ້ວ່າເປັນເຈົ້າຊາຍຜູ້ເປັນທະວິຊະ (twice-born), ແຕ່ລາວກໍເຮັດວຽກທຸກຢ່າງ ດັ່ງຊູດຣະ; ເພາະສະນັ້ນຈຶ່ງມີນາມວ່າ ‘ສັຣວະກັມມາ’ (ຜູ້ເຮັດທຸກວຽກ). ຂໍໃຫ້ກະສັດຜູ້ນັ້ນປົກປ້ອງຂ້າ»។

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अनुकम्पमानेन: by (one) showing compassion
• अनुकम्पमानेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुकम्प्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यज्वना: by the sacrificer (one devoted to sacrifice)
• यज्वना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अमितौजसा: by (one) of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वकर्मा: one who does all kinds of acts (Sarvakarmā)
• सर्वकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (as), in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अभिख्यातः: renowned, well-known
• अभिख्यातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-ख्या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• रक्षतु: may (he) protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवः: the king, ruler
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Parāśara (sage)
• Saudāsa (king)
• Saudāsa’s son (the prince called Sarvakarmā)
• Sarvakarmā (epithet/name)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion and righteous protection can transcend rigid social expectations: a person may be praised for undertaking any necessary duty (‘all works’) when guided by dharma, and such virtue becomes worthy of honor and protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva cites an earlier example: the powerful, sacrificially devoted sage Parāśara saved the life of King Saudāsa’s son. That prince, though ‘twice-born,’ became known as ‘Sarvakarmā’ because he performed all kinds of tasks; Vāsudeva invokes him as a protector.