Shloka 53

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

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

Devanagari script

स हैहयसहस्राणि हत्वा परममन्युमान्‌

Transliteration

sa haihayasahasrāṇi hatvā paramam anyumān

Translation

അവൻ പരമക്രോധത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞ് ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് ഹൈഹയന്മാരെ വധിച്ചു।

Word by Word

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

• हैहय-सहस्राणि: thousands of Haihayas
• हैहय-सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैहय + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• परम-मन्युमान्: possessing extreme wrath
• परम-मन्युमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + मन्युमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (speaker)
• Haihayas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the destructive reach of extreme anger (manyu) when it governs action: wrath can turn strength into indiscriminate slaughter, a point aligned with Śānti Parva’s broader ethical emphasis on self-control and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva briefly recounts a violent episode in which a wrathful hero kills vast numbers—“thousands of the Haihayas”—as part of a larger discussion in Śānti Parva that uses past deeds to reflect on conduct, power, and moral responsibility.