Shloka 6

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

अथर्चीकादयो<भ्येत्य पितरो राममन्रुवन्‌ । राम राम महाभाग प्रीता: सम तव भार्गव,तदनन्तर, ऋचीक आदि पितृगण परशुरामजीके पास आकर बोले--“महाभाग राम! सामर्थ्यशाली भृगुवंशभूषण परशुराम!!! तुम्हारी इस पितृभक्ति और पराक्रमसे हम बहुत ही प्रसन्न हैं। महाप्रतापी परशुराम! तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। तुम्हें जिस वरकी इच्छा हो हमसे माँग लो'

Transliteration

atha ṛcīkādayo 'bhyetya pitaro rāmam anvruvan | rāma rāma mahābhāga prītāḥ sma tava bhārgava ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, ang mga ninuno, na pinangungunahan ni Ṛcīka, ay lumapit kay Rāma (Paraśurāma) at nagsabi: “Rāma, Rāma—O pinagpala sa kapalaran, O Bhārgava! Kami’y nalulugod sa iyo.”

Word by Word

• {'atha': 'then

• thereafter', 'ṛcīkādayaḥ': 'Ṛcīka and others (the group beginning with Ṛcīka)', 'abhyetya': 'having approached

• coming near', 'pitaraḥ': 'fathers

• ancestors', 'rāmam': 'Rāma (here, Paraśurāma)', 'anvruvan': 'they spoke to

• they addressed (aorist/preterite sense)', 'rāma rāma': 'O Rāma, O Rāma (repeated vocative for emphasis/affection)', 'mahābhāga': 'greatly fortunate

• illustrious', 'prītāḥ sma': 'we indeed are pleased/satisfied', 'tava': 'with you

• of you', 'bhārgava': 'descendant of Bhṛgu

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ṛcīka
• pitaraḥ (ancestors/forefathers)
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhārgava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that conduct aligned with dharma—especially reverence toward one’s forebears and faithful upholding of one’s lineage-duty—wins the moral approval and blessings of the ancestors, reinforcing the idea that personal power should be validated by ethical and traditional accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ṛcīka and other ancestral figures approach Paraśurāma (called Rāma) and directly praise him as a Bhārgava, declaring their satisfaction with him—an episode that frames him as acting in a way that pleases his lineage and legitimizes his standing through ancestral endorsement.