Shloka 21
सप्तद्वीपां वसुमतीं मारीचो<वगृह्नत द्विज: । राम॑ प्रोवाच निर्गच्छ वसुधातो ममाज्ञया,ब्रह्मर्षि कश्यपने जब सातों द्वीपोंसे युक्त यह पृथ्वी दानमें ले ली, तब उन्होंने परशुरामजीसे कहा--“अब तू मेरी आज्ञासे इस पृथ्वीसे निकल जाओ” (और कहीं अन्यत्र जाकर रहो)
saptadvīpāṃ vasumatīṃ mārīco ’vagṛhṇat dvijaḥ | rāmaṃ provāca nirgaccha vasudhāto mamājñayā ||
Nārada said: The brahmin Mārīca accepted as a gift the earth endowed with the seven continents and took it into his rightful possession. Then he addressed Rāma (Paraśurāma): “By my command, depart from this earth.” Thus is shown the moral force of a duly given gift, and the duty—even of the mighty—to honor lawful ownership and rightful authority.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dāna-dharma and social-legal ethics: once a gift is properly given and accepted, its ownership is to be respected; even a powerful figure should yield to rightful authority and withdraw without clinging.
Nārada recounts that the brahmin Mārīca received (and thus held) the earth with its seven dvīpas as a gift, and then ordered Rāma (Paraśurāma) to leave the earth, implying Rāma’s compliance with the new rightful claim.