Shloka 4
Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ
Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya
अस्त्रैरस्त्रेषु बहुधा हतेष्वेव च भारत । अक्रुध्यत महातेजास्त्यक्तप्राण: स संयुगे
astrair astreṣu bahudhā hateṣv eva ca bhārata | akrudhyata mahātejās tyaktaprāṇaḥ sa saṁyuge ||
Бхишма сказал: «О Бхарата! Когда в той сече мои оружия раз за разом уничтожали его оружия, могучий и сияющий Парашурама, отбросив всякую привязанность к жизни, воспылал яростным гневом».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how repeated setbacks in conflict can inflame anger, and how a warrior may enter a state of reckless resolve (“tyaktaprāṇaḥ”), raising an ethical tension between valor and loss of self-control in battle.
Bhīṣma recounts that in his duel with Paraśurāma, Bhīṣma’s weapons repeatedly neutralized Paraśurāma’s weapons; provoked by this, Paraśurāma became intensely enraged and fought with disregard for his own life.