Shloka 7

Kurukṣetra-anudarśanam — Rāma-hradāḥ and the Question of Kṣatra Continuity (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय ४८)

Devanagari script

गच्छन्नेव महाबाहुः स वै यादवनन्दन: । युधिष्ठटिराय प्रोवाच जामदग्न्यस्य विक्रमम्‌,रास्तेमें चलते-चलते ही महाबाहु भगवान्‌ यादवनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण युधिष्ठिरको जमदग्निकुमार परशुरामजीका पराक्रम सुनाने लगे---

Transliteration

gacchann eva mahābāhuḥ sa vai yādavanandanaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirāya provāca jāmadagnyasya vikramam ||

Translation

راستے میں چلتے چلتے ہی مہاباہو، یادَووں کے مسرّت بخش بھگوان شری کرشن نے یُدھشٹھِر سے جامدگنیہ پرشورام کے شجاعانہ پرाकرم کا بیان شروع کیا۔

Word by Word

• गच्छन्: going, while going
• गच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यादव-नन्दनः: the delight/son of the Yadavas (Krishna)
• यादव-नन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादवनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• युधिष्ठिराय: to Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण भूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• जामदग्न्यस्य: of Jamadagni's son (Parashurama)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• विक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Yādavanandana)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jāmadagnya Paraśurāma (son of Jamadagni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames moral instruction through exempla: Kṛṣṇa prepares Yudhiṣṭhira to reflect on how extraordinary power (vikrama) must be understood and judged within dharma—its rightful use, its consequences, and its place in righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

While traveling, Kṛṣṇa begins narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira the deeds and prowess of Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya). Vaiśampāyana reports this as part of the larger didactic flow of the Śānti Parva.