Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तथैवेयं धरा देवी सागरान्ता सपत्तना । कश्यपाय मया दत्ता कृत्स्ना नगरमालिनी,परशुरामजी बोले--तपोधन! मेरे पास यहाँ जो कुछ सुवर्ण तथा अन्य प्रकारका धन था, वह सब मैंने ब्राह्मणोंको दे दिया। इसी प्रकार ग्राम और नगरोंकी पंक्तियोंसे सुशोभित होनेवाली समुद्रपर्यन्त यह सारी पृथ्वी महर्षि कश्यपको दे दी है

Transliteration

tathaiveyaṃ dharā devī sāgarāntā sapattanā | kaśyapāya mayā dattā kṛtsnā nagaramālinī ||

Translation

Rāma (Paraśurāma) nói: “Cũng như thế, Trái Đất thiêng liêng này—giáp tận biển cả, điểm trang như vòng hoa bởi những dãy làng mạc và thành thị—ta đã hiến dâng trọn vẹn cho hiền thánh Kaśyapa.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

इयम्this

धराearth

देवीgoddess (divine one)

सागर-अन्ताwhose boundary is the ocean; ocean-bounded

स-पत्तनाtogether with towns/cities

कश्यपायto Kashyapa

मयाby me

दत्ताgiven

कृत्स्नाentire, whole

नगर-मालिनीadorned with rows/garlands of cities

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rama (Paraśurāma)

Dharā Devī (Earth as goddess)

Sāgara (the ocean/sea, as boundary)

Kaśyapa (sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of complete giving (dāna) and renunciation: even the highest form of worldly possession—sovereignty over the whole earth—is to be relinquished and entrusted to a worthy sage, emphasizing humility, expiation, and the supremacy of spiritual authority over material power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Paraśurāma declares that, after giving away his wealth, he has also donated the entire ocean-bounded earth—adorned with cities and towns—to the sage Kaśyapa, marking a decisive transfer of dominion and a turning away from worldly rule.