Shloka 42
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
आपतव्स्तु ततो रोषाच्छशापार्जुनमच्युत । दग्धे55श्रमे महाबाहो कार्तवीर्येण वीर्यवान्,महाबाहु अच्युत! कार्तवीर्यके द्वारा अपने आश्रमके जला दिये जानेपर शक्तिशाली आपव मुनिको बड़ा रोष हुआ। उन्होंने कृतवीर्यपुत्र अर्जुनको शाप देते हुए कहा --
āpatavastu tato roṣāc chaśāpārjunam acyuta | dagdhe ’śrame mahābāho kārtavīryeṇa vīryavān ||
Wika ni Vāsudeva: “Pagkaraan, ang makapangyarihang rishi na si Āpava, nag-aalab sa galit, ay nagsumpa kay Arjuna, O Acyuta. Sapagkat sinunog ni Kārtavīrya ang kaniyang ashram, ang ermitanyong may malalakas na bisig ay sinakmal ng matinding poot at binigkas ang sumpa laban kay Arjuna, anak ni Kṛtavīrya.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical consequence of violating ascetic sanctuaries: when royal power harms a hermitage, it provokes the retaliatory force of tapas expressed as a curse. It warns that anger and violence—especially against the innocent and sacred—rebound upon the perpetrator through moral and spiritual law.
Vāsudeva recounts that the sage Āpava’s āśrama was burned by Kārtavīrya. Enraged by this outrage, Āpava pronounced a curse upon Arjuna, identified here as Kṛtavīrya’s son (Kārtavīryārjuna), setting in motion consequences for that royal line.