Shloka 13
जामदग्न्य
रामसंवादः — Parashurama Confronts Rama with the Vaishnava Bow
इदं द्वितीयं दुर्धर्षं विष्णोर्दत्तं सुरोत्तमै:।तदिदं वैष्णवं राम धनु: परमभास्वरम्।समानसारं काकुत्स्थ रौद्रेण धनुषा त्विदम्।।।।
idaṃ dvitīyaṃ durdharṣaṃ viṣṇor dattaṃ surottamaiḥ | tad idaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāma dhanuḥ paramabhāsvaram | samānasāraṃ kākutstha raudreṇa dhanuṣā tv idam || 1.75.13 ||
ဤဒုတိယဓနုသည် မတားဆီးနိုင်လောက်အောင် ခက်ခဲသော ဓနုဖြစ်၍၊ ဒေဝတော်တို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးတို့က ဝိෂ္ဏုတော်မြတ်အား ပေးအပ်ခဲ့သည်။ အို ရာမတော်မြတ်! ဤသည်ကား အလွန်တောက်ပသော ဝိုင်ရှ္ဏဝ ဓနုဖြစ်ပြီး၊ အို ကာကုတ္သ္ထ! ရုဒ္ရ၏ ဓနုနှင့် အင်အားတူညီသည်။
This second bow which is unassailable was given by chief of the celestials to Visnu. O Rama! born in the race of Kakutstha! this highly radiant bow of Visnu is as strong as the bow of Siva.
FAQs
Dharma warns that power must be contextualised: even supreme strength is to be measured, compared, and ultimately governed by rightful intent rather than pride.
Paraśurāma reveals a second, Viṣṇu-associated bow and asserts its parity with Śiva’s bow, setting up a direct test involving Rāma.
Paraśurāma’s authoritative knowledge of divine lore, used to frame a challenge as a matter of cosmic legitimacy.