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 8.20

स्नेहाच्च बहुमानाच्च स्मारये त्वां न शिक्षये ।
न कथं चन सा कार्या हृहीतधनुषा त्वया ॥ २० ॥

snehācca bahumānācca smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye |
na kathaṃ cana sā kāryā hṛhītadhanuṣā tvayā || 20 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 8.20 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 (8.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sneha, Bahumana, Tva, Yushmad, Katham, Katha, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 8.20). 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: “snehācca bahumānācca smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye
  • snehāc -
  • sneha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bahumānāc -
  • bahumāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bahumāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smāraye -
  • smṛ (verb class 0)
    [present middle first single]
  • tvām -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śikṣaye -
  • śikṣ (verb class 0)
    [present middle first single]
  • Line 2: “na kathaṃ cana kāryā hṛhītadhanuṣā tvayā
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāryā* -
  • Cannot analyse hṛhītadhanuṣā*tv
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 8.20

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)

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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 8.20 in Bengali sript:
স্নেহাচ্চ বহুমানাচ্চ স্মারযে ত্বাং ন শিক্ষযে ।
ন কথং চন সা কার্যা হৃহীতধনুষা ত্বযা ॥ ২০ ॥

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 8.20 in Gujarati sript:
સ્નેહાચ્ચ બહુમાનાચ્ચ સ્મારયે ત્વાં ન શિક્ષયે ।
ન કથં ચન સા કાર્યા હૃહીતધનુષા ત્વયા ॥ ૨૦ ॥

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 8.20 in Kannada sript:
ಸ್ನೇಹಾಚ್ಚ ಬಹುಮಾನಾಚ್ಚ ಸ್ಮಾರಯೇ ತ್ವಾಂ ನ ಶಿಕ್ಷಯೇ ।
ನ ಕಥಂ ಚನ ಸಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಾ ಹೃಹೀತಧನುಷಾ ತ್ವಯಾ ॥ ೨೦ ॥

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 8.20 in Malayalam sript:
സ്നേഹാച്ച ബഹുമാനാച്ച സ്മാരയേ ത്വാം ന ശിക്ഷയേ ।
ന കഥം ചന സാ കാര്യാ ഹൃഹീതധനുഷാ ത്വയാ ॥ ൨൦ ॥

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 8.20 in Telugu sript:
స్నేహాచ్చ బహుమానాచ్చ స్మారయే త్వాం న శిక్షయే ।
న కథం చన సా కార్యా హృహీతధనుషా త్వయా ॥ ౨౦ ॥

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