Shloka 10
Devanagari script
निजघ्ने दशसाहस्रान् राम: परशुना तदा । न ह्मृष्यत ता वाचो यास्तैर्भूशमुदीरिता:
Transliteration
nijaghne daśasāhasrān rāmaḥ paraśunā tadā | na hṛṣyata tā vāco yās tair bhūśam udīritāḥ ||
Translation
అప్పుడు రాముడు (పరశురాముడు) పరశుతో దశసహస్రులను సంహరించెను; అయినా వారు ఎత్తిన ఘోర కేకలతో అతడు హర్షించలేదు।
Word by Word
निजघ्नेslew, struck down
निजघ्ने:
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (√हन्)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम, एकवचन
दशसाहस्रान्ten-thousands (i.e., ten thousand men)
दशसाहस्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदशसाहस्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
रामःRama (Parashurama)
रामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराम
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
परशुनाwith an axe
परशुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपरशु
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हृष्यतrejoiced, was delighted
हृष्यत:
TypeVerb
Rootहृष् (√हृष्)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/इम्परफेक्ट), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम, एकवचन
ताःthose
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
वाचःwords, utterances
वाचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
याःwhich
याः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
भूशम्greatly, exceedingly
भूशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूशम्
उदीरिताःuttered, spoken aloud
उदीरिताः:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-ईर् (√ईर्) / उदीरित
Formक्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaR
Rāma (Paraśurāma)P
paraśu (axe)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even amid extreme violence, the text highlights a distinction between performing a grim task and taking pleasure in others’ suffering; the absence of exultation points to restraint and a hard, duty-bound detachment rather than cruelty for its own sake.
Nārada narrates that Paraśurāma, wielding his axe, kills ten thousand opponents; despite the magnitude of the slaughter and the loud cries of the fallen, he does not rejoice.