Shloka 16
भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat
नहिमां क्षत्रिय: कश्चिद् वीर्येण व्यजयद् युधि । ऋते ब्रह्म॒विदस्तात तपसा संशितव्रतात्
na hi māṁ kṣatriyaḥ kaścid vīryeṇa vyajayad yudhi | ṛte brahmavidastāta tapasā saṁśitavratāt ||
ရာမက ပြောသည်—“စစ်မြေပြင်၌ သတ္တိဗလသာဖြင့် ငါ့ကို အနိုင်ယူနိုင်ခဲ့သော က္ଷတ္တရိယ (kṣatriya) တစ်ယောက်မျှ မရှိ။ သို့ရာတွင်၊ ချစ်သောသူရေ၊ တပသ (tapas) ဖြင့် ဝတ္တရားသစ္စာကို ထက်မြက်စွာ ပြည့်စုံစေသော ဗြဟ္မန် (Brahman) ကို သိမြင်သူ ဘြာဟ္မဏ ပရရှုရာမ (Paraśurāma) ကိုသာ ချန်လှပ်၍ မည်သူမျှ မရှိ။”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Martial prowess has limits: even the greatest warrior acknowledges a higher kind of power—spiritual discipline and realized knowledge (tapas and brahmavidyā). The verse contrasts kṣatriya strength with the ascetic, vow-tempered potency of a brahmavid like Paraśurāma.
Rāma speaks about his undefeated record in battle, stating that no kṣatriya has overcome him. He names a single exception: Paraśurāma, described as a Brahman-knower and an austere brāhmaṇa whose strict vows, forged by tapas, enabled him to defeat Rāma.