Shloka 4
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
अग्ग्रं तप: समातिष्ठत् सहस्राक्षसमो भुवि । पुत्र लभेयमजितं त्रिलोकेश्वरमित्युत
agryaṃ tapaḥ samātiṣṭhat sahasrākṣa-samo bhuvi | putraṃ labheyam ajitaṃ trilokeśvaram ity uta ||
Baginda memulakan tapa yang tertinggi di bumi, dengan keperkasaan setara Indra bermata seribu. Dengan tekad, “Moga aku memperoleh seorang putera—tidak terkalahkan dan berdaulat atas tiga alam,” baginda memulakan pertapaan agung itu, didorong hasrat akan pewaris yang kebal dan memerintah dunia.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense discipline (tapas) is pursued to fulfill powerful desires; ethically, it invites reflection on the motives behind austerity—whether aimed at dharma and self-mastery or at dominance and invincibility.
Vayudeva describes a figure who begins supreme austerities on earth, comparable in might to Indra, with the explicit aim of obtaining a son who would be undefeated and rule the three worlds.