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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.20
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home. Janaka gives bridal wealth and the company leaves Mithilā, mixed omens and a dust-darkened sky precede Paraśurāma’s armed appearance
In the sequence: the munis recognize the Bhārgava Rāma, son of Jamadagni, and wonder whether he intends to renew his slaughter of the warrior race in revenge for his father
1.73.20
kaccit pitṛvadhāmarṣī kṣatraṃ notsādayiṣyati
pūrvaṃ kṣatravadhaṃ kṛtvā gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ
kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ bhūyo na khalv asya cikīrṣitam
“Surely, resentful at his father's slaying, he will not (again) exterminate the warrior-race? Having formerly wrought the slaughter of the kṣatriyas, his wrath spent and his fever gone, surely he does not intend once more to destroy them?”
Words: kaccit — surely (not)? (interrogative of anxious hope); pitṛvadhāmarṣī — resentful at his father's slaying; kṣatraṃ — the warrior-race, kṣatriyas; notsādayiṣyati — will not exterminate; pūrvaṃ — formerly, before; kṣatravadhaṃ — the slaughter of the kṣatriyas; kṛtvā — having done; gatamanyur — his wrath gone; gatajvaraḥ — his fever gone; kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ — the extermination of the kṣatriyas; bhūyo — again; na — not; khalv — indeed; asya — his; cikīrṣitam — intention, desire to do
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.