Shloka 29

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

वासुदेव उवाच ततः सत्यवती पुत्रं जनयामास भार्गवम्‌ । तपस्यभिरतं शान्तं जमदग्निं यतव्रतम्‌,श्रीकृष्ण बोले--राजन्‌! तदनन्तर सत्यवतीने शान्त, संयमपरायण और तपस्वी भृगुवंशी जमदग्निको पुत्रके रूपमें उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

vāsudeva uvāca tataḥ satyavatī putraṃ janayāmāsa bhārgavam | tapasyabhirataṃ śāntaṃ jamadagniṃ yatavratam ||

Translation

Vāsudeva nói: “Sau đó, Satyavatī sinh một người con trai thuộc dòng Bhṛgu—Jamadagni—kẻ chuyên tâm khổ hạnh, tính tình điềm tĩnh và kiên định trong sự tự chế.”

Word by Word

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सत्यवती: Satyavati
• सत्यवती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनयामास: gave birth to; produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भार्गवम्: of the Bhargava lineage
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तपस्याभिरतम्: devoted to austerities
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्याभिरत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शान्तम्: peaceful; tranquil
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जमदग्निम्: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यतव्रतम्: one whose vows are restrained/controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Satyavatī
• Jamadagni
• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhārgava)