Shloka 7
Kurukṣetra-anudarśanam — Rāma-hradāḥ and the Question of Kṣatra Continuity (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय ४८)
गच्छन्नेव महाबाहुः स वै यादवनन्दन: । युधिष्ठटिराय प्रोवाच जामदग्न्यस्य विक्रमम्,रास्तेमें चलते-चलते ही महाबाहु भगवान् यादवनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण युधिष्ठिरको जमदग्निकुमार परशुरामजीका पराक्रम सुनाने लगे---
gacchann eva mahābāhuḥ sa vai yādavanandanaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirāya provāca jāmadagnyasya vikramam ||
Ketika mereka meneruskan perjalanan, Tuhan Kṛṣṇa yang berlengan perkasa—kegembiraan kaum Yādava—mula menceritakan kepada Yudhiṣṭhira tentang keberanian dan keperkasaan Jāmadagnya Paraśurāma, sebagai teladan akan kuasa yang menggerunkan serta beban moralnya dalam tertib dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames moral instruction through exempla: Kṛṣṇa prepares Yudhiṣṭhira to reflect on how extraordinary power (vikrama) must be understood and judged within dharma—its rightful use, its consequences, and its place in righteous governance.
While traveling, Kṛṣṇa begins narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira the deeds and prowess of Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya). Vaiśampāyana reports this as part of the larger didactic flow of the Śānti Parva.