Shloka 71

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

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

Devanagari script

विपर्ययेण तेनाशु प्रविवेश रसातलम्‌ । अरक्ष्यमाणा विधिवत क्षत्रियैर्धर्मरक्षिभि:

Transliteration

viparyayeṇa tenāśu praviveśa rasātalam | arakṣyamāṇā vidhivat kṣatriyair dharmarakṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

ਉਸ ਕ੍ਰਮ-ਉਲਟੇਰੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਧਰਤੀ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਰਸਾਤਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਸਣ ਲੱਗੀ; ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਧਰਮ-ਰੱਖਿਅਕ ਖ਼ਤਰੀਆਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋ ਰਹੀ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'viparyaya', 'definition': 'reversal, inversion, disorder (of proper order/dharma)'}, {'term': 'tena', 'definition': 'by that

• because of that (cause previously described)'}, {'term': 'āśu', 'definition': 'quickly, swiftly'}, {'term': 'praviveśa', 'definition': 'entered

• sank into'}, {'term': 'rasātala', 'definition': 'Rasātala, a netherworld/underworld region'}, {'term': 'arakṣyamāṇā', 'definition': 'not being protected (present passive participle)'}, {'term': 'vidhivat', 'definition': 'according to rule

• in the prescribed manner'}, {'term': 'kṣatriyaiḥ', 'definition': 'by kṣatriyas (warrior-rulers)'}, {'term': 'dharmarakṣibhiḥ', 'definition': 'by protectors/guardians of dharma'}]

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (speaker)
• Pṛthivī (the Earth)
• Rasātala
• Kṣatriyas (dharma-guardians)