Shloka 65

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

त्रि:सप्तकृत्वो य:ः क्षत्रं धर्मव्युत्क्रान्तगौरवम्‌ । क्रुद्धो निजघ्ने समरे तस्मै क्रौर्यात्मने नम:

Transliteration

triḥ-saptakṛtvo yaḥ kṣatraṁ dharma-vyutkrānta-gauravam | kruddho nijaghne samare tasmai krauryātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma thưa: Kính lễ Paraśurāma—bậc nghiêm cứng trong chí nguyện—người tuy phụng sự dharma, nhưng trong cơn phẫn nộ đã diệt dòng Kṣatriya trên chiến địa hai mươi mốt lần, khi họ đã vượt khỏi phẩm giá và giới hạn của dharma.

Word by Word

• त्रिः: thrice
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः

• सप्तकृत्वः: seven times (i.e., in seven-fold repetition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तकृत्वस्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रम्: the Kshatriya class
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मव्युत्क्रान्तगौरवम्: whose dignity had transgressed dharma / having overstepped the glory of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मव्युत्क्रान्तगौरव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निजघ्ने: slew, killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• क्रौर्यात्मने: to him whose nature was (as if) cruelty / to the fierce-natured one
• क्रौर्यात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौर्यात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Parashurama
• Kshatriyas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of restoring moral order when a ruling/warrior class becomes corrupt, while also underscoring the ethical danger of acting from anger: even a righteous aim can be morally fraught if driven by wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma offers homage to Parashurama, recalling the traditional account that Parashurama repeatedly annihilated the Kshatriyas in battle—twenty-one times—as punishment for their deviation from dharma and loss of rightful honor.