Shloka 41

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

एष मे क्रियमाणाया भारतेन तदा विभो । अभवद्धृदि संकल्पो घातयेयं महाव्रतम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa me kriyamāṇāyā bhāratena tadā vibho | abhavaddhṛdi saṅkalpo ghātayeyam mahāvratam, prabho ||

Translation

Ó senhor poderoso! Desde que aquele descendente de Bharata me lançou nesta condição, ergueu-se em meu coração esta resolução: “Farei com que seja morto esse homem preso ao grande voto.”

Word by Word

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

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• क्रियमाणायाः: while (I was) being done/treated (thus)
• क्रियमाणायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्), passive

• भारतेन: by the Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभवत्: arose / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हृदि: in (the) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकल्पः: resolve / intention
• संकल्पः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घातयेयम्: I should cause to be slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच् of हन्/घात)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• महाव्रतम्: the great vow (vow-holder)
• महाव्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाव्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rama (speaker)
• Bharata (lineage/descendant)
• Mahāvrata (the great vow-bound person; implied Bhīṣma in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how injury and perceived injustice can harden into saṅkalpa (a binding resolve), raising an ethical tension between personal vengeance and the restraint demanded by dharma—especially when the target is a mahāvrata, one defined by a solemn vow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rama addresses a powerful lord, recalling that after a Bharata-descended figure caused him to fall into a humiliating or constrained state, he formed the intention to bring about the death of the ‘great vow-bound’ person—understood in the broader epic tradition as a vow-defined warrior such as Bhīṣma.