Shloka 17
Kārtavīrya–Samudra Saṃvāda and the Jāmadagnya Precedent (आश्वमेधिक पर्व, अध्याय २९)
ततश्न हतवीरासु क्षत्रियासु पुन: पुनः । द्विजैरुत्पादितं क्षत्रं जामदग्न्यो न्यकृन्तत
tataś ca hatavīrāsu kṣatriyāsu punaḥ punaḥ | dvijair utpāditaṃ kṣatraṃ jāmadagnyo nyakṛntata ||
Pagkaraan, nang ang angkan ng mga Kshatriya ay paulit-ulit na naiwang walang mga mandirigma, ang mga Brahmin ay muling lumikha ng mga supling na Kshatriya; subalit pinuksa rin sila ng anak ni Jamadagni (Paraśurāma).
समुद्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked vengeance can override attempts to restore dharma and social continuity. Even when society tries to regenerate the Kshatriya order, retaliatory wrath perpetuates destruction, suggesting that violence, once normalized, becomes self-renewing and ethically corrosive.
After repeated slaughters that leave the Kshatriyas without warriors, Brahmins produce new Kshatriya progeny to re-establish the warrior line; however, Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya) again kills them, continuing the annihilation of Kshatriya warriors.