Shloka 7
Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)
यत्र रामो महाभागो भार्गव: सुमहातपा:,जहाँ महातपस्वी भृगुवंशी महाभाग परशुरामजीने बारंबार क्षत्रियनरेशोंका संहार करके इस पृथ्वीको जीतनेके पश्चात् मुनिश्रेष्ठ कश्यपको आचार्यरूपसे आगे रखकर वाजपेय तथा एक सौ अभश्वमेध-यज्ञद्वारा भगवानका पूजन किया और दक्षिणारूपमें समुद्रोंसहित यह सारी पृथ्वी दे दी
yatra rāmo mahābhāgo bhārgavaḥ sumahātapāḥ, kṣatriyanṛpasaṃhāraṃ kṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ pṛthivīm imāṃ jitvā, munīśreṣṭhaṃ kaśyapam ācāryarūpeṇa puraskṛtya vājapeyena ca śataṃ cāśvamedhaiś ca bhagavantaṃ samapūjayat, dakṣiṇārūpeṇa ca samudrasahitāṃ sarvām imāṃ pṛthivīṃ dadau.
Vaiśampāyana dit : C’est là le lieu où l’illustre Rāma de la lignée de Bhṛgu—d’une austérité immense—après avoir maintes fois exterminé les rois kṣatriya et conquis cette terre, plaça devant lui le sage éminent Kaśyapa comme précepteur ; il adora le Seigneur par un Vājapeya et cent sacrifices Aśvamedha, puis donna cette terre entière, avec les mers qui l’encerclent, en dakṣiṇā, don sacrificiel.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage juxtaposes martial power with ritual restraint: even one who has gained sovereignty through force is shown submitting to dharmic order by honoring a preceptor, worshipping the Divine through sanctioned rites, and relinquishing possession through dakṣiṇā—implying that authority is ultimately accountable to spiritual and ethical norms.
Vaiśampāyana points out a sacred locale associated with Paraśurāma: after repeatedly annihilating kṣatriya rulers and conquering the earth, he appoints the sage Kaśyapa as his ācārya, performs a Vājapeya and a hundred Aśvamedhas, and finally donates the entire earth with its seas as the sacrificial gift.