Shloka 84
यदि मामभिरक्षन्ति तत: स्थास्यामि निश्चला,यदि वे क्षत्रिय मेरी रक्षा करें तो मैं अविचल भावसे स्थिर हो सकूँगी। इन बेचारोंके बाप-दादे मेरे ही लिये युद्धमें अनायास ही महान् कर्म करनेवाले परशुरामजीके द्वारा मारे गये हैं
yadi mām abhirakṣanti tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā | yadi ve kṣatriyā me rakṣāṃ kurvanti tarhi aham avicala-bhāvena sthirā bhaviṣyāmi | ime caite durbhāgyāḥ pitaraiḥ pitāmahaiś ca mamaiva kṛte yuddhe anāyāsena mahā-karmā paraśurāmeṇa hatāḥ ||
Wika ni Vāsudeva: “Kung ako’y kanilang ipagtatanggol, mananatili akong matatag at di matinag. Kung ang mga kṣatriya na ito’y tunay na aako sa aking pag-iingat, makatatayo akong walang pag-aalinlangan. Ngunit ang mga ama at mga lolo ng mga kawawang lalaking ito—dahil sa akin lamang—ay napatay sa digmaan ni Paraśurāma, na nagsagawa ng dakilang gawaing iyon na waring walang kahirap-hirap.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of protection (rakṣā) as a kṣatriya duty: true guardianship stabilizes the vulnerable, yet past violence—especially done ‘for one’s sake’—creates moral debt and compassion for those bound by inherited conflict.
Vāsudeva speaks about being able to remain steadfast if the kṣatriyas protect him, while recalling that these warriors’ ancestors were earlier slain by Paraśurāma in wars connected to his own cause—bringing a note of pity and ethical reflection into the situation.