Shloka 49
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
प्रत्यानयत राजेन्द्र तेषामन्तःपुरात् प्रभु: । राजेन्द्र! तब रोषमें भरे हुए प्रभावशाली जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामने अर्जुनकी उन भुजाओंको काट डाला और इधर-उधर घूमते हुए उस बछड़ेको वे हैहयोंके अन्तःपुरसे निकालकर अपने आश्रममें ले आये ।।
pratyānayat rājendra teṣām antaḥpurāt prabhuḥ |
Vāsudeva said: “O best of kings, the mighty lord brought it back from within their inner palace.” In the narrative setting of the Rāmopākhyāna, this line points to the restoration of what was wrongfully taken—an act framed as the reassertion of rightful order (dharma) against oppressive power, even when that power is entrenched in the private stronghold of rulers.
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when wrongdoing is protected by royal privilege and hidden within the ‘inner palace,’ dharma demands restoration of what is unjustly seized; legitimate authority is shown by correcting injustice, not by shielding it.
Vāsudeva narrates that a powerful figure retrieves something back from the enemy’s inner palace—an image of reclaiming what was taken and re-establishing rightful order in the Rāmopākhyāna context.