Shloka 8
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
राम उवाच यदि मे पितर: प्रीता यद्यनुग्राह्मता मयि । यच्च रोषाभिभूतेन क्षत्रमुत्सादितं मया,परशुरामजीने कहा--यदि आप सब हमारे पितर मुझपर प्रसन्न हैं और मुझे अपने अनुग्रहका पात्र समझते हैं तो मैंने जो क्रोधवश क्षत्रियवंशका विध्वंस किया है, इस कुकर्मके पापसे मैं मुक्त हो जाऊँ और ये मेरे बनाये हुए सरोवर पृथ्वीमें प्रसिद्ध तीर्थ हो जायँ। यही वर मैं आपलोगोंसे चाहता हूँ
rāma uvāca yadi me pitaraḥ prītā yady anugrāhyatā mayi | yac ca roṣābhibhūtena kṣatram utsāditaṃ mayā ||
Wika ni Rama: “Kung kinalulugdan ako ng aking mga ninuno, at kung ako’y itinuturing na karapat-dapat sa kanilang biyaya, nawa’y mapalaya ako sa kasalanan ng mabigat na gawaing aking nagawa—nang manaig ang poot, aking ibinagsak ang kapahamakan sa angkan ng mga Kshatriya.”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when an act is done from a powerful impulse like anger, its moral burden remains; one must seek purification and release from sin through humility, acknowledgment of wrongdoing, and the grace of elders/ancestors.
Rama (Paraśurāma) addresses his forefathers, asking that if they are pleased with him and consider him worthy of favor, they should grant him freedom from the sin incurred by his wrath-driven destruction of the Kshatriyas.