Shloka 18
Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra
तमुवाच महाबाहुर्जामदग्न्य: प्रतापवान् | कस्त्वं कस्माच्च नरकं प्रतिपन्नो ब्रवीहि तत्,तब महाबाहु प्रतापी जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामने उससे पूछा--'तू कौन है? और किस कारणसे इस नरकमें पड़ा था? बतलाओ'
tam uvāca mahābāhur jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | kas tvaṁ kasmāc ca narakaṁ pratipanno bravīhi tat ||
Lalu Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) yang berlengan perkasa dan gagah berani berkata kepadanya: “Siapakah engkau, dan kerana sebab apakah engkau jatuh ke neraka ini? Katakan kepadaku.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral causality: suffering (here, hell) is not random but linked to specific causes, and ethical understanding begins with honest inquiry into one’s actions and their consequences.
Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya), described as mighty and valorous, questions a being encountered in hell, asking his identity and the reason for his fall, setting up an explanation of deeds leading to that fate.