Shloka 23

अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः

Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

Devanagari script

महाराज भरतनन्दन! फिर उन वेदवादी मुनियोंको साथ ले परशुरामजी राजकन्या अम्बाके साथ कुरक्षेत्रमें आये ।।

Transliteration

nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm | tāpasās te mahātmāno bhṛguśreṣṭha-puraskṛtāḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช โอ้ผู้เป็นความชื่นใจแห่งภรตะ! ครั้นแล้วพระปรศุรามทรงพาเหล่ามุนีผู้กล่าวเวทมาด้วย เสด็จมาถึงกุรุเกษตรพร้อมด้วยพระธิดาอัมพา ต่อมาเหล่าตบะผู้มีมหาตมันทั้งปวงได้อาศัยฝั่งแม่น้ำสรัสวตี พักค้างคืน ณ ที่นั้น โดยยกพระปรศุรามผู้เป็นยอดแห่งวงศ์ภฤคุไว้เป็นผู้นำ

Word by Word

• न्यविशन्त: they dwelt / they stayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (प्रवेशे) + नि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, 3, plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• परिगृह्य: having taken/accepted; having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहणे) + परि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव, absolutive)

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तापसाः: ascetics
• तापसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः: having the best of the Bhṛgus (Paraśurāma) in front / led by him
• भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृगुश्रेष्ठ-पुरस्कृत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, क्त (past passive participle) from कृ (करणे) with पुरस्-

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma (Bhṛguśreṣṭha)
• tāpasas (ascetic sages)
• Sarasvatī River
• Kurukṣetra (contextual, from the given passage)
• Ambā (contextual, from the given passage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic conduct through restraint and reverence: even amid a charged dispute, the party proceeds under the leadership of a revered sage and chooses a sacred, peaceful setting (the Sarasvatī’s bank) for lodging and deliberation, implying that right action should be grounded in sanctity, counsel, and self-control rather than impulsive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

After arriving in the Kurukṣetra region with Ambā and accompanying Veda-versed ascetics, Paraśurāma leads the group to the Sarasvatī. There, the sages encamp for the night on the riverbank, with Paraśurāma placed at the forefront as their guide.