Shloka 23
अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः
Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge
महाराज भरतनन्दन! फिर उन वेदवादी मुनियोंको साथ ले परशुरामजी राजकन्या अम्बाके साथ कुरक्षेत्रमें आये ।।
nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm | tāpasās te mahātmāno bhṛguśreṣṭha-puraskṛtāḥ ||
महाराज, भरतनंदन! तेव्हा वेदवादी मुनींना सोबत घेऊन परशुरामजी राजकन्या अंबेसह कुरुक्षेत्रात आले. नंतर ते सर्व महात्मा तपस्वी, भृगुश्रेष्ठ परशुरामांना पुढे करून, सरस्वती नदीच्या तीराचा आश्रय घेऊन तेथे रात्रभर निवासास राहिले.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic conduct through restraint and reverence: even amid a charged dispute, the party proceeds under the leadership of a revered sage and chooses a sacred, peaceful setting (the Sarasvatī’s bank) for lodging and deliberation, implying that right action should be grounded in sanctity, counsel, and self-control rather than impulsive force.
After arriving in the Kurukṣetra region with Ambā and accompanying Veda-versed ascetics, Paraśurāma leads the group to the Sarasvatī. There, the sages encamp for the night on the riverbank, with Paraśurāma placed at the forefront as their guide.