Shloka 10

Devanagari script

रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य चरितं देवसम्मितम्‌ | हैहयाधिपतेश्नैव कार्तवीर्यस्य भारत,भारत! जमदग्निकुमार परशुराम तथा हैहयराज कार्तवीर्यका चरित्र देवताओंके तुल्य है

Transliteration

rāmasya jāmadagnyasya caritaṁ devasammitaṁ | haihayādhipateś caiva kārtavīryasya bhārata ||

Translation

โอ ภารตะ ชีวประวัติของพระรามชามทัคนยะ (ปรศุราม) นั้นเสมอด้วยเทพยดา และเรื่องราวอันเลื่องลือของการ์ตวีรยะ เจ้าแห่งไหหยะ ก็ทรงเกียรติฉันนั้น

Word by Word

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जामदग्न्यस्य: of Jamadagni's descendant (Parashurama)
• जामदग्न्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चरितम्: deed(s), life-story
• चरितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देवसम्मितम्: equal to the gods, godlike
• देवसम्मितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवसम्मित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हैहयाधिपतेः: of the lord of the Haihayas
• हैहयाधिपतेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैहयाधिपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कार्तवीर्यस्य: of Kartavirya (Arjuna)
• कार्तवीर्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अकृतव्रण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Akṛtavraṇa
• Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Jamadagni
• Kārtavīrya (Arjuna Kārtavīrya)
• Haihayas
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the deeds of Paraśurāma and Kārtavīrya as ‘deva-sammita’—worthy of divine comparison—suggesting that extraordinary power and fame become ethically significant when remembered as exemplary narratives, inviting reflection on righteous conduct and the consequences of royal might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Akṛtavraṇa introduces (or transitions into) the famed accounts of Paraśurāma, son of Jamadagni, and Kārtavīrya, ruler of the Haihayas, signaling that their intertwined stories are renowned and on a grand, near-mythic scale.