Shloka 3

Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)

Devanagari script

कथमेष समुत्पन्नो राम: सत्यपराक्रम: । कथं ब्रद्मर्षिवंशो<यं क्षत्रधर्मा व्यजायत,ये सत्यपराक्रमी परशुरामजी कैसे उत्पन्न हुए? ब्रह्मर्षियोंका यह वंश क्षत्रियधर्मसे सम्पन्न कैसे हो गया?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | katham eṣa samutpanno Rāmaḥ satya-parākramaḥ | kathaṁ brahmarṣi-vaṁśo ’yaṁ kṣatra-dharmā vyajāyata |

Translation

ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “รามะผู้นี้ ผู้มีเดชานุภาพสัตย์แท้ บังเกิดขึ้นได้อย่างไร? และเหตุใดวงศ์แห่งพรหมฤๅษีนี้จึงกลับประกอบพร้อมด้วยธรรมของกษัตริย์?”

Word by Word

कथम्how?

एषःthis (man)

समुत्पन्नःarisen, born

रामःRama (Parashurama)

सत्यपराक्रमःof true/unyielding valor

कथम्how?

ब्रह्मर्षि-वंशःlineage of brahmarishis

अयम्this

क्षत्रधर्माhaving kshatriya-duty/nature

अजायतwas born, came to be

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

brahmarṣi lineage (Bhṛgu/Bhārgava tradition implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical inquiry into how dharma can manifest across social-ritual categories: it asks how a person rooted in a brahmarṣi lineage can embody kṣatriya-dharma, highlighting that conduct and duty may arise from circumstance, purpose, and inherited tradition rather than a simplistic label.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira asks for the origin account of Paraśurāma (Bhārgava Rāma) and seeks an explanation of how a lineage associated with Brahmin sages came to produce a figure characterized by warrior duty and martial prowess.