Shloka 23

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

ऋचीक उवाच नैष संकल्पित: कामो मया भठद्रे तथा त्वयि । उग्रकर्मा समुत्पन्नश्नरुव्यत्यासहेतुना

Translation

ਰੁਚੀਕ ਬੋਲੇ— “ਭਦ੍ਰੇ! ਤੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਐਸਾ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ; ਪਰ ਚਰੂ ਦੇ ਬਦਲੇ ਜਾਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਗ੍ਰ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਜਨਮੇਗਾ।”

Word by Word

• ऋचीकः: R̥cīka (name)
• ऋचीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋचीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संकल्पितः: intended, resolved upon
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकल्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामः: desire; intention
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady!
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: so, thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• त्वयि: in you; with respect to you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• उग्रकर्मा: one whose deeds are fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्रकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुत्पन्नः: arisen, born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुत्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चरु: by the sacrificial porridge (charu)
• चरु: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यत्यास: of the interchange, swapping
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यत्यास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हेतुना: because of; by reason
• हेतुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

ऋचीक उवाच