Shloka 773
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
सर्वकर्मेत्यभिख्यात: स मां रक्षतु पार्थिव: । इसी प्रकार अमित शक्तिशाली यज्ञपरायण महर्षि पराशरने दयावश सौदासके पुत्रकी जान बचायी है
sarvakarmety abhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ |
“Dikenali dengan nama ‘Sarvakarmā’ (‘yang melakukan segala jenis pekerjaan’), semoga raja itu melindungiku. Demikian juga, resi agung Parāśara yang amat perkasa dan tekun dalam yajña, kerana belas kasihan telah menyelamatkan nyawa putera Saudāsa. Walaupun menurut kedudukan ia tergolong sebagai dwija (brāhmana), putera raja itu melakukan segala pekerjaan seperti kaum śūdra; sebab itu ia masyhur sebagai ‘Sarvakarmā’. Semoga dia menjadi raja dan memeliharaku.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights compassion and protective responsibility as dharmic virtues: Parāśara’s mercy saves a life, and the epithet ‘Sarvakarmā’ underscores that ethical worth can be tied to conduct and service-like action rather than mere birth-status.
Vāsudeva invokes or praises a protector-figure called ‘Sarvakarmā’, explaining the origin of the name through a story: the sage Parāśara compassionately saved Saudāsa’s son, who—though regarded as dvija—performed all kinds of work like a śūdra and thus became renowned as ‘Sarvakarmā’; Vāsudeva then asks that king to protect him.