Shloka 85

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

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

Devanagari script

एतेषां पितरश्रैव तथैव च पितामहा: । मदर्थ निहता युद्धे रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ pitaraś caiva tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ | mad-arthaṃ nihatā yuddhe rāmeṇākliṣṭa-karmaṇā ||

Translation

ວາສຸເທວະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ບິດາຂອງພວກເຂົາ ແລະປູ່ຂອງພວກເຂົາກໍເຊັ່ນກັນ ຖືກສັງຫານໃນສົງຄາມເພາະຂ້າ ໂດຍຣາມ (ປະຣະສຸຣາມ) ຜູ້ກະທຳບໍ່ຮູ້ເມື່ອຍ. ເມື່ອລະລຶກເຖິງນີ້ ຄວນເຂົ້າໃຈພາລະອັນລຶກລັບທີ່ສົງຄາມທິ້ງໄວ້ໃຫ້ສືບທອດ—ວ່າການກະທຳ ‘ເພື່ອເຫດຂອງຄົນອື່ນ’ ອາດຜູກມັດລູກຫຼານໃຫ້ຕິດຢູ່ກັບຄວາມຢ້ານ, ຄວາມເຄືອງໃຈ, ຫຼືໜ້າທີ່»

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पितरः: fathers
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पितामहाः: grandfathers
• पितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मत्: for me
• मत्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• अर्थम्: sake/purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निहताः: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामेण: by Rama (Parashurama)
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अक्लिष्टकर्मणा: by the unwearied-in-deeds one
• अक्लिष्टकर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्लिष्टकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वासुदेव (Vāsudeva/Kṛṣṇa)
• राम (Rāma = Paraśurāma)
• पितरः (fathers)
• पितामहाः (grandfathers)
• युद्ध (war/battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how violence undertaken ‘for someone’s sake’ (mad-artham) generates lasting moral and social consequences: it can create inherited grievances and obligations, reminding rulers and warriors to weigh causes and outcomes carefully within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva refers to earlier killings in war: the fathers and grandfathers of certain people were slain by Rāma (Paraśurāma), described as indefatigable in action. The statement frames present tensions against a background of past bloodshed and its lingering effects.