Shloka 18

Kārtavīrya–Samudra Saṃvāda and the Jāmadagnya Precedent (आश्वमेधिक पर्व, अध्याय २९)

Devanagari script

एकविंशतिमेधान्ते रामं वागशरीरिणी । दिव्या प्रोवाच मधुरा सर्वलोकपरिश्रुता,इस प्रकार एक-एक करके जब इक्कीस बार क्षत्रियोंका संहार हो गया, तब परशुरामजीको दिव्य आकाशवाणीने मधुर स्वरमें सब लोगोंके सुनते हुए यह कहा --

Transliteration

ekaviatimadh01nte r01ma43 v01gabar2bri472b | divy01 prov01ca madhur01 sarvalokaparibrut01 ||

Translation

Assim, quando se completou o vigésimo primeiro rito sacrificial e chegou ao fim a repetida destruição dos kṣatriyas, uma voz divina, sem corpo, dirigiu-se a Rāma (Paraśurāma) com tom doce, ouvida por todos os mundos.

Word by Word

एकविंशतिat (the number) twenty-one

मेधान्तेat the end of the sacrifice

रामम्Rama (Parashurama)

वाक्a voice

अशरीरिणीbodiless

दिव्याdivine

प्रोवाचsaid/spoke

मधुराsweet (in tone)

सर्वलोकपरिश्रुताheard by all the worlds/people

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Para5bur01ma (R01ma J01madagnya)

Divine unembodied voice (Ak01bav01472b)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one believes oneself justified, repeated violence and vengeance must ultimately be checked by a higher standard of dharma; divine admonition signals that moral authority is not identical with personal wrath, and that restoration of order requires restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the culmination of the twenty-first rite and the completion of Para5bur01ma63 repeated slaying of k63atriyas, a celestial, bodiless voice (heard by all) addresses him, introducing a decisive divine message that reframes the episode63 ethical direction.