ततः कथान्ते राजर्षिर् भृगुश्रेष्ठं महाबलम् ॥
उवाच मधुरं काले रामं वचनम् अर्थवत् ॥
रामेयं मम दौहित्री काशिराजसुता प्रभो ॥
अस्याः शृणु यथातत्त्वं कार्यं कार्यविशारद ॥
परमं कथ्यतां चेति तां रामः प्रत्यभाषत ॥
ततः साभ्यगमद् रामं ज्वलन्तम् इव पावकम् ॥
सा चाभिवाद्य चरणौ रामस्य शिरसा शुभा ॥
स्पृष्ट्वा पद्मदलाभाभ्यां पाणिभ्याम् अग्रतः स्थिता ॥
रुरोद सा शोकवती बाष्पव्याकुललोचना ॥
प्रपेदे शरणं चैव शरण्यं भृगुनन्दनम् ॥
tataḥ kathānte rājarṣir bhṛguśreṣṭhaṃ mahābalam ||
uvāca madhuraṃ kāle rāmaṃ vacanam arthavat ||
rāmeyaṃ mama dauhitrī kāśirājasutā prabho ||
asyāḥ śṛṇu yathātattvaṃ kāryaṃ kāryaviśārada ||
paramaṃ kathyatāṃ ceti tāṃ rāmaḥ pratyabhāṣata ||
tataḥ sābhyagamad rāmaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam ||
sā cābhivādya caraṇau rāmasya śirasā śubhā ||
spṛṣṭvā padmadalābhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyām agrataḥ sthitā ||
ruroda sā śokavatī bāṣpavyākulalocanā ||
prapede śaraṇaṃ caiva śaraṇyaṃ bhṛgunandanam ||
When their talk had ended, the royal sage, at the proper time, addressed the mighty Rama, best of the Bhrigus, with sweet and meaningful words: 'O Rama, O lord, this daughter of the king of Kashi is my granddaughter through my daughter. Hear her matter as it truly is, O expert in resolving affairs.' Rama answered her: 'Let the essential thing be told.' Then she approached Rama, who blazed like fire. The fair one bowed her head to Rama's feet, touched them with her hands like lotus petals, and stood before him. Filled with grief, her eyes clouded with tears, she wept and took refuge in the descendant of Bhrigu, the protector able to grant shelter.
f5b195852a12 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 6:36:31 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In this chapter Amba's wish becomes a clearly formulated demand: not merely to find protection, but to see Bhishma requited. Akritavrana distinguishes two possible courses of action — compelling Shalva or punishing Bhishma — and shows that the root of Shalva's doubt lay precisely in Amba's forcible abduction. The appearance of Rama Jamadagnya lifts the matter into the realm of the highest dharma: an ascetic bearing arms listens to a woman's suffering, seeks a just resolution, and is ready first to send word, and only then, if that word is refused, to use force. Amba names Bhishma as the source of her misfortune and asks Rama to fulfill her long-held inner vow.