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 48.8

अर्थं वा यदि वा कामं शिष्टाः शास्त्रेष्वनागतम् ।
व्यवस्यन्त्यनु राजानं धर्मं पौरस्त्यनन्दन ॥ ८ ॥

arthaṃ vā yadi vā kāmaṃ śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣvanāgatam |
vyavasyantyanu rājānaṃ dharmaṃ paurastyanandana || 8 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 48.8 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 (48.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Artha, Var, Yadi, Yad, Kamam, Kama, Shishta, Shastra, Anagata, Vya, Vasyat, Vasyanti, Anu, Rajan, Rajana, Dharma, Paurastya, Nandana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 48.8). 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: “arthaṃ yadi kāmaṃ śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣvanāgatam
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kāmam -
  • kāmam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śiṣṭāḥ -
  • śiṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śiṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śiṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
  • śāstreṣva -
  • śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • anāgatam -
  • anāgata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anāgata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “vyavasyantyanu rājānaṃ dharmaṃ paurastyanandana
  • vya -
  • vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vasyantya -
  • vas -> vasyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 4 verb]
    vas -> vasyantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 4 verb]
    vas (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • rājānam -
  • rājāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • paurastya -
  • paurastya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paurastya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nandana -
  • nandana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nandana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 48.8

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 48.8 in Bengali sript:
অর্থং বা যদি বা কামং শিষ্টাঃ শাস্ত্রেষ্বনাগতম্ ।
ব্যবস্যন্ত্যনু রাজানং ধর্মং পৌরস্ত্যনন্দন ॥ ৮ ॥

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 48.8 in Gujarati sript:
અર્થં વા યદિ વા કામં શિષ્ટાઃ શાસ્ત્રેષ્વનાગતમ્ ।
વ્યવસ્યન્ત્યનુ રાજાનં ધર્મં પૌરસ્ત્યનન્દન ॥ ૮ ॥

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 48.8 in Kannada sript:
ಅರ್ಥಂ ವಾ ಯದಿ ವಾ ಕಾಮಂ ಶಿಷ್ಟಾಃ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೇಷ್ವನಾಗತಮ್ ।
ವ್ಯವಸ್ಯನ್ತ್ಯನು ರಾಜಾನಂ ಧರ್ಮಂ ಪೌರಸ್ತ್ಯನನ್ದನ ॥ ೮ ॥

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 48.8 in Malayalam sript:
അര്ഥം വാ യദി വാ കാമം ശിഷ്ടാഃ ശാസ്ത്രേഷ്വനാഗതമ് ।
വ്യവസ്യന്ത്യനു രാജാനം ധര്മം പൌരസ്ത്യനന്ദന ॥ ൮ ॥

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 48.8 in Telugu sript:
అర్థం వా యది వా కామం శిష్టాః శాస్త్రేష్వనాగతమ్ ।
వ్యవస్యన్త్యను రాజానం ధర్మం పౌరస్త్యనన్దన ॥ ౮ ॥

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