Parashurama Wins Shiva's Weapons

Verse 1 (8.28.1)

इमं चाप्यपरं भूय इतिहासं निबोध मे । पितुर्मम सकाशे वै ब्राह्मणः प्राह धर्मवित् ॥

imaṃ cāpyaparaṃ bhūya itihāsaṃ nibodha me | piturmama sakāśe vai brāhmaṇaḥ prāha dharmavit

Hear from me yet another tale, which a brahmin versed in dharma told in my father's presence.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input's 35 verses agree with the raw page's table row for row (Wikisource numbers 1–35 are kept). The page follows the vulgate's wording of the critical edition's 8.24.129–161 (the story of Rama Jamadagnya's weapons), with a few star passages; each verse's note maps it. Duryodhana tells the story to Shalya throughout (the page's headings दुर्योधन उवाच, शङ्कर उवाच, परशुराम उवाच, ईश्वर उवाच). The input carried the heading शङ्कर over verses 6–18; verses 8 and 10–17 are Duryodhana's narration and verse 9 is Rama's speech, so they are re-assigned. Corrected इति हासं → इतिहासं (misprint in Wikisource; word wrongly split (हास 'laughter'); CE itihāsaṃ). = 8.24.129a and 129c (…itihāsaṃ nibodha me / pitur mama sakāśe yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prāha dharmavit).

Verse 2 (8.28.2)

श्रुत्वा चैतद्वचश्चित्रं हेतुकार्यार्थतत्त्ववित् । कुरु शल्य विनिश्चित्य मा भूदत्र विचारणा ॥

śrutvā caitadvacaścitraṃ hetukāryārthatattvavit | kuru śalya viniścitya mā bhūdatra vicāraṇā

You who understand the reasons, the effects and the truth of things: when you have heard this wonderful account, make up your mind, O Shalya, and let there be no more doubt about it.

Note on the text: = 8.24.130a and 130c (…hetukāryārthasaṃhitam in the CE, hetukāryārthatattvavit here).

Verse 3 (8.28.3)

भार्गवाणां कुले जातो जमदग्निर्महातपाः । तस्य रामेति विख्यातः पुत्रस्तेजोगुणान्वितः ॥

bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jāto jamadagnirmahātapāḥ | tasya rāmeti vikhyātaḥ putrastejoguṇānvitaḥ

In the family of the Bhargavas was born Jamadagni, of great austerity; his son, famous as Rama, was endowed with splendour and virtues.

Verse 4 (8.28.4)

स तीव्रं तप आस्थाय सम्प्रसादितवान्भवम् । अस्त्रहेतोः प्रसन्नात्मा नियतः संयतेन्द्रियः ॥

sa tīvraṃ tapa āsthāya samprasāditavānbhavam | astrahetoḥ prasannātmā niyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ

Resorting to fierce austerity, with a tranquil mind, disciplined and with his senses controlled, he propitiated Bhava for the sake of weapons.

Note on the text: = 8.24.132a and 132c (…prasādayitavān bhavam; here samprasāditavān bhavam).

Verse 5 (8.28.5)

तस्मै तुष्टो महादेवो भक्त्या च प्रशमेन च । हृद्गतं चास्य विज्ञाय दर्शयामास शङ्करः । प्रत्यक्षेण महादेवः स्वां तनुं सर्वशङ्करः ॥

tasmai tuṣṭo mahādevo bhaktyā ca praśamena ca | hṛdgataṃ cāsya vijñāya darśayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ | pratyakṣeṇa mahādevaḥ svāṃ tanuṃ sarvaśaṅkaraḥ

Pleased with him for his devotion and his calm, Mahadeva, seeing what was in his heart, showed him his own form in person: Shankara, the giver of all welfare.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = 8.24.133a and 133c (tasmai for tasya); line 3 is the CE star passage 8.24.133d*0289_01 (pratyakṣeṇa mahādevaḥ svāṃ tanuṃ sarvaśaṃkaraḥ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (8.28.6)

राम तुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते विदितं तव चेप्सितम् । कुरुष्व पूतमात्मानं सर्वमेतदवाप्स्यसि ॥

rāma tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te viditaṃ tava cepsitam | kuruṣva pūtamātmānaṃ sarvametadavāpsyasi

"Rama, I am pleased with you; blessings upon you. I know what you desire. Make yourself pure, and you will obtain all this."

Note on the text: Speaker: Shankara, as the page heads it (शङ्कर उवाच); the CE heads this īśvara uvāca. Lines = 8.24.134a, 134c (…viditaṃ me tavepsitam in the CE).

Verse 7 (8.28.7)

दास्यामि ते तदाऽस्त्राणि यदा पूतो भविष्यसि । अपात्रमसमर्थं च दहन्त्यस्त्राणि भार्गव ॥

dāsyāmi te tadā'strāṇi yadā pūto bhaviṣyasi | apātramasamarthaṃ ca dahantyastrāṇi bhārgava

"I shall give you the weapons when you have become pure; for weapons burn the unfit and the incapable, O Bhargava."

Verse 8 (8.28.8)

इत्युक्तो जामदग्न्यस्तु देवदेवेन शूलिना । प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं शिरसाऽवनतः प्रभुम् ॥

ityukto jāmadagnyastu devadevena śūlinā | pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ śirasā'vanataḥ prabhum

Thus addressed by the God of gods, the trident-bearer, Jamadagni's son replied to the great one, bowing his head to the Lord.

Note on the text: Narration (Duryodhana): the page's heading शङ्कर उवाच, which the input carried over from verse 6, does not extend to this verse. The CE heads Duryodhana at 8.24.138, after Rama's reply.

Verse 9 (8.28.9)

यदा जानासि देवेश पात्रं मामस्त्रधारणे । तदा शुश्रूषतेऽस्त्राणि भवान्मे दातुमर्हति ॥

yadā jānāsi deveśa pātraṃ māmastradhāraṇe | tadā śuśrūṣate'strāṇi bhavānme dātumarhati

"When you, O lord of the gods, know me to be a fit vessel for bearing weapons, then it is right that you give me, who serve you, the weapons."

Note on the text: Speaker: Rama (Parashurama): unheaded speech replying to Shiva (the page's next heading is at verse 19); the input carried शङ्कर over from verse 6.

Verse 10 (8.28.10)

ततः स तपसा चैव व्रतेन नियमेन च । पूजोपहारबलिभिर्होममन्त्रपुरस्कृतैः ॥

tataḥ sa tapasā caiva vratena niyamena ca | pūjopahārabalibhirhomamantrapuraskṛtaiḥ

Then, by austerity, by vows and restraint, with worship, offerings and oblations, with mantras and rites,

Note on the text: = 8.24.138a and 138c (…damena niyamena ca; here vratena niyamena ca).

Verse 11 (8.28.11)

समाराधितवाञ्शर्वं बहुवर्षगणांस्तदा । प्रसन्नश्च महादेवो भार्गवस्य महात्मनः ॥

samārādhitavāñśarvaṃ bahuvarṣagaṇāṃstadā | prasannaśca mahādevo bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ

he propitiated Sharva for many years; and Mahadeva became pleased with the great-souled Bhargava.

Note on the text: = 8.24.139a and 139c.

Verse 12 (8.28.12)

असकृच्चाब्रवीत्तस्य गुणान्देव्याः सकाशतः । भक्तिमानेष सततं मयि रामो दृढव्रतः ॥

asakṛccābravīttasya guṇāndevyāḥ sakāśataḥ | bhaktimāneṣa satataṃ mayi rāmo dṛḍhavrataḥ

Again and again, in the Goddess's presence, he spoke of his virtues: "This Rama is ever devoted to me and firm in his vows."

Note on the text: = 8.24.140a and 140c (abravīt tasya bahuśo guṇān devyāḥ samīpataḥ; here asakṛc cābravīt … sakāśataḥ). Narration (Duryodhana) with Shiva's words quoted.

Verse 13 (8.28.13)

एवमस्य गुणान्प्रीतो बहुशोऽकथयद्विभुः । देवतानां पितॄणां च समक्षमरिसूदन ॥

evamasya guṇānprīto bahuśo'kathayadvibhuḥ | devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca samakṣamarisūdana

So, pleased, the Lord often recounted his virtues in the presence of the gods and the ancestors, O slayer of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected बहुशो कथयद्विभुः → बहुशोऽकथयद्विभुः (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha: without it कथयत् is no finite form; CE bahuśo 'kathayat prabhuḥ). = 8.24.141a and 141c (…samakṣam arisūdanaḥ in the CE; here the vocative).

Verse 14 (8.28.14)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दैत्या ह्यासन्महाबलाः । तैस्तदा दर्पमोहाद्वै अबाध्यन्त दिवौकसः ॥

etasminneva kāle tu daityā hyāsanmahābalāḥ | taistadā darpamohādvai abādhyanta divaukasaḥ

At that very time there were mighty Daityas, and by them, in pride and delusion, the dwellers in heaven were oppressed.

Note on the text: = 8.24.142a and 142c (…darpamohāndhair …; here darpamohād vai).

Verse 15 (8.28.15)

ततः सम्भूय विबुधास्तान्हन्तुं कृतनिश्चयाः । चक्रुः शत्रुवधे यत्नं दैत्याञ्जेतुमशक्नुवन् ॥

tataḥ sambhūya vibudhāstānhantuṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ | cakruḥ śatruvadhe yatnaṃ daityāñjetumaśaknuvan

Then the gods gathered together, resolved to kill them, and strove to destroy their foes, but they could not conquer the Daityas.

Note on the text: Corrected दैत्याञ्चेतुमशक्नुवन् → दैत्याञ्जेतुमशक्नुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज: 'unable to conquer' needs जेतुम्; CE na śekur jetum eva te). = 8.24.143a and 143c (…na śekur jetum eva te; here daityāñ jetum aśaknuvan).

Verse 16 (8.28.16)

अभिगम्य ततो देवा महेश्वरमुमापतिम् । प्रसादयंस्तदा भक्त्या जहि शत्रुगणानिति ॥

abhigamya tato devā maheśvaramumāpatim | prasādayaṃstadā bhaktyā jahi śatrugaṇāniti

Then the gods went to Maheshvara, the husband of Uma, and with devotion propitiated him, saying, "Slay the host of our enemies!"

Note on the text: Corrected प्रासादयंस्तदा → प्रसादयंस्तदा (misprint in Wikisource; प्रासाद 'palace' is not a verb; the verb is प्रसादय, 'propitiate' (CE prasādayantas)). = 8.24.144a and 144c (abhigamya tato devā maheśvaram athābruvan / prasādayantas taṃ bhaktyā jahi śatrugaṇān iti).

Verse 17 (8.28.17)

प्रतिज्ञाय ततो देवो देवतानां रिपुक्षयम् । रामं भार्गवमाहूय सोऽभ्यभाषत शङ्करः ॥

pratijñāya tato devo devatānāṃ ripukṣayam | rāmaṃ bhārgavamāhūya so'bhyabhāṣata śaṅkaraḥ

Having promised the gods the destruction of their enemies, the god Shankara called Rama the Bhargava and said to him:

Note on the text: = 8.24.145a and 145c.

Verse 18 (8.28.18)

रिपून्भार्गव देवानां जहि सर्वान्समागतान् । लोकानां हितकामार्थं मत्प्रियार्थं तथैव च ॥

ripūnbhārgava devānāṃ jahi sarvānsamāgatān | lokānāṃ hitakāmārthaṃ matpriyārthaṃ tathaiva ca

"Bhargava, slay all the enemies of the gods who have assembled, for the good of the worlds and for my sake as well."

Note on the text: Speaker: Shankara: unheaded speech to Rama (the introducing line is verse 17; the page's heading शङ्कर उवाच is at verse 6, and the next heading is at verse 19). Lines = 8.24.146a, 146c (…matprītyarthaṃ in the CE).

Verse 19 (8.28.19)

का शक्तिर्मम देवेश अकृतास्त्रस्य संयुगे । निहन्तुं दानवान्सर्वान्कृतास्त्रान्युद्धदुर्मदान् ॥

kā śaktirmama deveśa akṛtāstrasya saṃyuge | nihantuṃ dānavānsarvānkṛtāstrānyuddhadurmadān

"What power have I, O lord of the gods, who have not mastered weapons, to slay in battle all the Danavas, who are trained in weapons and mad with the pride of war?"

Note on the text: Speaker: Rama (Parashurama), as the page heads it (परशुराम उवाच); the CE heads rāma uvāca. = 8.24.147a and 147c, in different word order (akṛtāstrasya deveśa kā śaktir me maheśvara …). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (8.28.20)

गच्छ त्वं मदनुज्ञानान्निहनिष्यसि शात्रवान् । विजित्य च रिपून्सर्वान्गुणान्प्राप्स्यसि पुष्कलान् ॥

gaccha tvaṃ madanujñānānnihaniṣyasi śātravān | vijitya ca ripūnsarvānguṇānprāpsyasi puṣkalān

"Go: with my permission you will slay the enemies, and having conquered all your foes you will gain abundant merits."

Note on the text: Speaker: Ishvara (Shiva), as the page heads it (ईश्वर उवाच); the CE heads īśvara uvāca. = 8.24.148a and 148c (…madanudhyānān nihaniṣyasi dānavān in the CE; here madanujñānāt … śātravān).

Verse 21 (8.28.21)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं प्रतिगृह्य च सर्वशः । रामः कृतस्वस्त्ययनः प्रययौ दानवान्प्रति ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ pratigṛhya ca sarvaśaḥ | rāmaḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ prayayau dānavānprati

Hearing these words and accepting them wholly, Rama, having performed the rites for good fortune, set out against the Danavas.

Note on the text: = 8.24.149a and 149c.

Verse 22 (8.28.22)

ततोऽजयद्देवशत्रून्महादर्पबलान्वितान् । वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शैः प्रहारैरेव भार्गवः ॥

tato'jayaddevaśatrūnmahādarpabalānvitān | vajrāśanisamasparśaiḥ prahāraireva bhārgavaḥ

Then Bhargava conquered the enemies of the gods, proud and strong, with blows that had the touch of the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: = 8.24.150a and 150c (avadhīd devaśatrūṃs tān madadarpabalānvitān …; here tato 'jayad …). The CE's star lines 150b*0292_01–04 are not on the page.

Verse 23 (8.28.23)

स दानवैः क्षततनुर्जामदग्न्यो नृपोत्तम । संस्पृष्टः स्थाणुना सद्यो निर्व्रणः समपद्यत ॥

sa dānavaiḥ kṣatatanurjāmadagnyo nṛpottama | saṃspṛṣṭaḥ sthāṇunā sadyo nirvraṇaḥ samapadyata

Wounded in body by the Danavas, O best of kings, Jamadagni's son was at once made free of wounds, merely by Sthanu's touch.

Note on the text: = 8.24.151a and 151c (…jāmadagnyo dvijottamaḥ …samajāyata; here nṛpottama … samapadyata).

Verse 24 (8.28.24)

प्रीतश्च भगवान्देवः कर्मणा तेन तस्य वै । वरान्प्रादाद्बहुविधान्भार्गवाय महात्मने ॥

prītaśca bhagavāndevaḥ karmaṇā tena tasya vai | varānprādādbahuvidhānbhārgavāya mahātmane

The blessed god, pleased with that deed of his, granted the great-souled Bhargava boons of many kinds.

Note on the text: = 8.24.152a and 152c (…varān prādād brahmavide bhārgavāya mahātmane; here …bahuvidhān…).

Verse 25 (8.28.25)

उक्तश्च प्रीतियुक्तेन देवदेवेन शूलिना ॥

uktaśca prītiyuktena devadevena śūlinā

And the God of gods, the trident-bearer, filled with affection, said to him:

Note on the text: A single line on the page = 8.24.153a (uktaś ca devadevena prītiyuktena śūlinā; the page reads uktaś ca prītiyuktena devadevena śūlinā). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (8.28.26)

निपातात्तव शस्त्राणां शरीरे याऽभवद्रुजा । तया ते मानुषं कर्म व्यपोढं भृगुनन्दन । गृहाणास्त्राणि दिव्यानि मत्सकाशाद्यथेप्सितं ॥

nipātāttava śastrāṇāṃ śarīre yā'bhavadrujā | tayā te mānuṣaṃ karma vyapoḍhaṃ bhṛgunandana | gṛhāṇāstrāṇi divyāni matsakāśādyathepsitaṃ

"The pain that arose in your body from the fall of weapons has wiped away your human condition, O joy of the Bhrigus. Take from me, as you wish, divine weapons."

Note on the text: Corrected व्यपोहं → व्यपोढं (misprint in Wikisource; ह for ढ; CE vyapoḍham). Speaker: Ishvara (Shiva): unheaded speech, continuing from verse 25 (and from his earlier heading, verse 20). Three lines = 8.24.153c, 154a and 154c (nipātāt tava śastrāṇāṃ …; tayā te mānuṣaṃ karma vyapoḍhaṃ …; gṛhāṇāstrāṇi divyāni matsakāśād yathepsitam). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (8.28.27)

ततोऽस्त्राणि समग्राणि वरांश्च मनसेप्सितान् । लब्ध्वा बहुविधान्रामः प्रणम्यशिरसा शिवम् । अनुज्ञां प्राप्य देवेशाज्जगाम स महातपाः ॥

tato'strāṇi samagrāṇi varāṃśca manasepsitān | labdhvā bahuvidhānrāmaḥ praṇamyaśirasā śivam | anujñāṃ prāpya deveśājjagāma sa mahātapāḥ

Then Rama, having received all the weapons and the many boons his heart desired, bowed his head to Shiva and, with the god's leave, went away, that man of great austerity.

Note on the text: Three lines = 8.24.155a, 155c and 156a (the CE's 156c follows in the next verse). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (8.28.28)

एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तं तथा कथितवानृषिः ॥

evametatpurāvṛttaṃ tathā kathitavānṛṣiḥ

Thus did the sage tell this old story.

Note on the text: A single line on the page = 8.24.156c (evam etat purāvṛttaṃ tadā kathitavān ṛṣiḥ; here tathā). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 29 (8.28.29)

भार्गवोऽपि ददौ सर्वं धनुर्वेदं महात्मने । कर्णाय पुरुषव्याघ्रः सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना ॥

bhārgavo'pi dadau sarvaṃ dhanurvedaṃ mahātmane | karṇāya puruṣavyāghraḥ suprītenāntarātmanā

And Bhargava, with a well-pleased heart, gave the whole science of the bow to the great-souled Karna, that tiger among men.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana, who now speaks of Karna directly to Shalya. = 8.24.157a and 157c.

Verse 30 (8.28.30)

वृजिनं न भवेत्किञ्चिदस्य कर्णस्य पार्थिव । सूतेन वर्धितो नित्यं न सूतो नृप एव सः ॥

vṛjinaṃ na bhavetkiñcidasya karṇasya pārthiva | sūtena vardhito nityaṃ na sūto nṛpa eva saḥ

There can be no fault whatever in this Karna, O king. He was raised by a charioteer, but he is certainly no charioteer, O king.

Note on the text: Line 1 resembles 8.24.158a (vṛjinaṃ hi bhavet kiṃ cid yadi karṇasya pārthiva); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.24.158d*0293_01 (…na śūdro nṛpa eva saḥ; here na sūto nṛpa eva saḥ).

Verse 31 (8.28.31)

विशुद्धयोनिं विज्ञाय दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यदाद्भृगुः । नापि सूतकुले जातं मन्ये कर्णं कथञ्चन । देवपुत्रमहं मन्ये क्षत्रियाणां कुलोद्भवम् ॥

viśuddhayoniṃ vijñāya divyānyastrāṇyadādbhṛguḥ | nāpi sūtakule jātaṃ manye karṇaṃ kathañcana | devaputramahaṃ manye kṣatriyāṇāṃ kulodbhavam

Knowing him to be of pure birth, Bhrigu gave him the divine weapons. Nor do I think that Karna was in any way born in a charioteer's family; I take him to be a son of the gods, born into a family of kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Corrected देवपुत्रमदं → देवपुत्रमहं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ह: अदं is not the pronoun 'I'; CE devaputram ahaṃ). Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.24.158d*0293_02 (…adāt prabhuḥ; here adād bhṛguḥ); lines 2–3 = 8.24.159a and 159c.

Verse 32 (8.28.32)

विसृष्टमविबोधार्थं कुलस्येति मतिर्मम । सर्वथा न ह्यसौ शल्य कर्णः सूतकुलोद्भवः ॥

visṛṣṭamavibodhārthaṃ kulasyeti matirmama | sarvathā na hyasau śalya karṇaḥ sūtakulodbhavaḥ

My belief is that he was cast away so that his family should not be known. In no way, Shalya, is this Karna born in a charioteer's family.

Note on the text: Corrected कुलस्येंति → कुलस्येति (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE kulasyeti). Corrected ह्यसो → ह्यसौ (misprint in Wikisource; au dropped (असौ 'this one'); CE hy ayaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.159d*0294_01–02 (viśiṣṭam avabodhārthaṃ kulasyeti matir mama / sarvathā na hy ayaṃ śalya karṇaḥ sūtakulodbhavaḥ). Line 1 reads विसृष्टमविबोधार्थम् ('cast away so as not to be recognised'), a valid recension variant of the CE's viśiṣṭam avabodhārtham, kept.

Verse 33 (8.28.33)

सकुण्डलं सकवचं दीर्घबाहुमरिन्दमम् । कथमादित्यसङ्काशं मृगी सिंहं प्रसूयते ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ sakavacaṃ dīrghabāhumarindamam | kathamādityasaṅkāśaṃ mṛgī siṃhaṃ prasūyate

With his earrings and armour, long-armed, a subduer of foes, radiant as the sun: how could a doe give birth to a lion?

Note on the text: = 8.24.160a and 160c (sakuṇḍalaṃ sakavacaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ mahāratham / katham ādityasadṛśaṃ mṛgī vyāghraṃ janiṣyati), in the page's wording.

Verse 34 (8.28.34)

पश्य ह्यस्य भुजौ पीनौ नागराजकरोपमौ । वक्षः पश्य विशालं च सर्वशस्त्रसहं रणे ॥

paśya hyasya bhujau pīnau nāgarājakaropamau | vakṣaḥ paśya viśālaṃ ca sarvaśastrasahaṃ raṇe

Look at his thick arms, like the trunks of lordly elephants; look at his broad chest, able to bear every weapon in battle.

Note on the text: = 8.24.161a and 161c (…sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam in the CE; here sarvaśastrasahaṃ raṇe).

Verse 35 (8.28.35)

न त्वेव प्राकृतः कश्चित्कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषा । महात्माह्येष राजेन्द्र रामशिष्यः प्रतापवान् ॥

na tveva prākṛtaḥ kaścitkarṇo vaikartano vṛṣā | mahātmāhyeṣa rājendra rāmaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān

This Karna Vaikartana, Vrisha, is by no means an ordinary man; he is a great soul, O king of kings, a pupil of Rama, and mighty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 8.24.161d*0295_01–02 (na tv eṣa prākṛtaḥ kaś cit karṇo vaikartano vṛṣaḥ / mahātmā hy eṣa rājendra rāmaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān).