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 26.16

सा जीवितं क्षिप्रमहं त्यजेयं विषेण शस्त्रेण शितेन वापि ।
विषस्य दाता न तु मे ऽस्ति कश्चिच्छस्त्रस्य वा वेश्मनि राक्षसस्य ॥ १६ ॥

sā jīvitaṃ kṣipramahaṃ tyajeyaṃ viṣeṇa śastreṇa śitena vāpi |
viṣasya dātā na tu me'sti kaścicchastrasya vā veśmani rākṣasasya || 16 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 26.16 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 (26.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivita, Kshipram, Kshipra, Aha, Asmad, Visha, Vishena, Shastra, Shita, Vapi, Vapin, Data, Asti, Kah, Cit, Var, Veshman, Rakshasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 26.16). 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: “ jīvitaṃ kṣipramahaṃ tyajeyaṃ viṣeṇa śastreṇa śitena vāpi
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • jīvitam -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • kṣipram -
  • kṣipram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣiprā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • tyajeyam -
  • tyaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
  • viṣeṇa -
  • viṣeṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viṣeṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    viṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śastreṇa -
  • śastra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    śastra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śitena -
  • śita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    śā -> śita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √śā class 3 verb], [instrumental single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā -> śita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √śā class 3 verb], [instrumental single from √śā class 4 verb]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “viṣasya dātā na tu me'sti kaścicchastrasya veśmani rākṣasasya
  • viṣasya -
  • viṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    viṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dātā* -
  • dāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • me' -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cicch -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śastrasya -
  • śastra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    śastra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive 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]
  • veśmani -
  • veśman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • rākṣasasya -
  • rākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    rākṣasa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 26.16

Cover of edition (2019)

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by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Only

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by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)

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

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Cover of edition (1967)

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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)

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Preview of verse 26.16 in Bengali sript:
সা জীবিতং ক্ষিপ্রমহং ত্যজেযং বিষেণ শস্ত্রেণ শিতেন বাপি ।
বিষস্য দাতা ন তু মেঽস্তি কশ্চিচ্ছস্ত্রস্য বা বেশ্মনি রাক্ষসস্য ॥ ১৬ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2013)

શ્રીમદવાલ્મીકીય રામાયણ: [Set of 2 Volumes]

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Preview of verse 26.16 in Gujarati sript:
સા જીવિતં ક્ષિપ્રમહં ત્યજેયં વિષેણ શસ્ત્રેણ શિતેન વાપિ ।
વિષસ્ય દાતા ન તુ મેઽસ્તિ કશ્ચિચ્છસ્ત્રસ્ય વા વેશ્મનિ રાક્ષસસ્ય ॥ ૧૬ ॥

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 26.16 in Kannada sript:
ಸಾ ಜೀವಿತಂ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಮಹಂ ತ್ಯಜೇಯಂ ವಿಷೇಣ ಶಸ್ತ್ರೇಣ ಶಿತೇನ ವಾಪಿ ।
ವಿಷಸ್ಯ ದಾತಾ ನ ತು ಮೇಽಸ್ತಿ ಕಶ್ಚಿಚ್ಛಸ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ ವಾ ವೇಶ್ಮನಿ ರಾಕ್ಷಸಸ್ಯ ॥ ೧೬ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

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

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Preview of verse 26.16 in Malayalam sript:
സാ ജീവിതം ക്ഷിപ്രമഹം ത്യജേയം വിഷേണ ശസ്ത്രേണ ശിതേന വാപി ।
വിഷസ്യ ദാതാ ന തു മേഽസ്തി കശ്ചിച്ഛസ്ത്രസ്യ വാ വേശ്മനി രാക്ഷസസ്യ ॥ ൧൬ ॥

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 26.16 in Telugu sript:
సా జీవితం క్షిప్రమహం త్యజేయం విషేణ శస్త్రేణ శితేన వాపి ।
విషస్య దాతా న తు మేఽస్తి కశ్చిచ్ఛస్త్రస్య వా వేశ్మని రాక్షసస్య ॥ ౧౬ ॥

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