Ramayana [sanskrit]

175,075 words | ISBN-10: 8129302500 | ISBN-13: 9788129302502

This Sanskrit edition of the Ramayana: An ancient epic revolving around the life and legends of Rama, Sita and Ravana. Original titles: Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकि रामायण) or Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकिरामायण)

Verse 40.23

हृदयेष्ववतिष्ठन्ते वेदा ये नः परं धनम् ।
वत्स्यन्त्यपि गृहेष्वेव दाराश्चारित्ररक्षिताः ॥ २३ ॥

hṛdayeṣvavatiṣṭhante vedā ye naḥ paraṃ dhanam |
vatsyantyapi gṛheṣveva dārāścāritrarakṣitāḥ || 23 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 40.23 is contained in the book Valmiki-Ramayana by Gita Press, Gorakhpur. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (40.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hridaya, Avat, Tad, Yushmad, Veda, Yah, Yat, Asmad, Param, Para, Dhana, Vatsyat, Vatsyanti, Api, Griha, Griheshu, Eva, Dara, Caritra, Rakshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 40.23). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “hṛdayeṣvavatiṣṭhante vedā ye naḥ paraṃ dhanam
  • hṛdayeṣva -
  • hṛdaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    hṛdaya (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • avati -
  • avat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    avat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    u -> avat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √u class 1 verb]
    u -> avat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √u class 1 verb]
    av (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • ṣṭhan -
  • ṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vedā* -
  • veda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vedā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • naḥ -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “vatsyantyapi gṛheṣveva dārāścāritrarakṣitāḥ
  • vatsyantya -
  • vas -> vatsyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]
    vas -> vatsyantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]
    vas (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • gṛheṣve -
  • gṛheṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gṛheṣu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gṛheṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dārāś -
  • dāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cāritra -
  • cāritra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāritra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rakṣitāḥ -
  • rakṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rakṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ], [accusative plural from √rakṣ]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 40.23

Cover of edition (2019)

Valmiki Ramayana
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Only

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Cover of edition (2011)

Ramayana of Valmiki (Hindi Translation)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)

A Set of Two Volumes (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)

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Cover of edition (1967)

Ramayana (Marathi Translation)
by Swadhyaya Mandal (Vedic Research Centre), Gujarat (1967)

Set of 10 Volumes

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Cover of edition (2008)

Valmiki Ramayanam (with Five Sanskrit Commentaries)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2008)

Sanskrit only in Seven Volumes

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Cover of edition (2000)

Burmese Ramayana
by Ohno Toru [B.R. Publishing Corporation] (2000)

With an English Translation of The Original Palm Leaf Manuscript in Burmese Language in 1233 year of Burmese Era (1871 A.D.)

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Cover of Bengali edition

Srimad Valmikiya Ramayana in Bengali
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2015)

শ্রীমদ্বাল্মীকীয় রামায়ণ:

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Preview of verse 40.23 in Bengali sript:
হৃদযেষ্ববতিষ্ঠন্তে বেদা যে নঃ পরং ধনম্ ।
বত্স্যন্ত্যপি গৃহেষ্বেব দারাশ্চারিত্ররক্ষিতাঃ ॥ ২৩ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Srimad Valmiki Ramayana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2013)

શ્રીમદવાલ્મીકીય રામાયણ: [Set of 2 Volumes]

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Preview of verse 40.23 in Gujarati sript:
હૃદયેષ્વવતિષ્ઠન્તે વેદા યે નઃ પરં ધનમ્ ।
વત્સ્યન્ત્યપિ ગૃહેષ્વેવ દારાશ્ચારિત્રરક્ષિતાઃ ॥ ૨૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

The Ramayana of Valmiki in Kannada
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)

ಶ್ರೀ ಮದ್ವಲ್ಮಿಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ: [Set of 3 Volumes]

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Preview of verse 40.23 in Kannada sript:
ಹೃದಯೇಷ್ವವತಿಷ್ಠನ್ತೇ ವೇದಾ ಯೇ ನಃ ಪರಂ ಧನಮ್ ।
ವತ್ಸ್ಯನ್ತ್ಯಪಿ ಗೃಹೇಷ್ವೇವ ದಾರಾಶ್ಚಾರಿತ್ರರಕ್ಷಿತಾಃ ॥ ೨೩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam and Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Malayalam
by Swami Siddhinathananda & Swami Ranganathananda [Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur] (2019)

രാമായണം: [Set of 3 Volumes]

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Preview of verse 40.23 in Malayalam sript:
ഹൃദയേഷ്വവതിഷ്ഠന്തേ വേദാ യേ നഃ പരം ധനമ് ।
വത്സ്യന്ത്യപി ഗൃഹേഷ്വേവ ദാരാശ്ചാരിത്രരക്ഷിതാഃ ॥ ൨൩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Shrimad Valmiki Ramayana Mulam (Telugu)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

వాల్మీకీ రామాయణం [Set of 3 Volumes]

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Preview of verse 40.23 in Telugu sript:
హృదయేష్వవతిష్ఠన్తే వేదా యే నః పరం ధనమ్ ।
వత్స్యన్త్యపి గృహేష్వేవ దారాశ్చారిత్రరక్షితాః ॥ ౨౩ ॥

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