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 25.28

श्रुत्वा तु तं वानरसैन्यशब्दं लङ्कागता राक्षसराजभृत्याः ।
नष्टौजसो दैन्यपरीतचेष्टाः श्रेयो न पश्यन्ति नृपस्य दोषैः ॥ २८ ॥

śrutvā tu taṃ vānarasainyaśabdaṃ laṅkāgatā rākṣasarājabhṛtyāḥ |
naṣṭaujaso dainyaparītaceṣṭāḥ śreyo na paśyanti nṛpasya doṣaiḥ || 28 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 25.28 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 (25.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanara, Sainya, Shabda, Lanka, Agata, Rakshasa, Rajabhritya, Nashta, Nashti, Ojas, Daini, Dainya, Aparita, Ceshta, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Nripa, Dosha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 25.28). 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: “śrutvā tu taṃ vānarasainyaśabdaṃ laṅkāgatā rākṣasarājabhṛtyāḥ
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vānara -
  • vānara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vānara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sainya -
  • sainya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sainya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śabdam -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • laṅkā -
  • laṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    laṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agatā* -
  • agata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    agatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rākṣasa -
  • rākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rākṣasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājabhṛtyāḥ -
  • rājabhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “naṣṭaujaso dainyaparītaceṣṭāḥ śreyo na paśyanti nṛpasya doṣaiḥ
  • naṣṭau -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    naṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    naṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    naś (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    naś (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ojaso* -
  • ojas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ojas (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dainya -
  • dainī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dainya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aparīta -
  • aparīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aparīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ceṣṭāḥ -
  • ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śreyo* -
  • śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śreyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]
    śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]
    śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]
    śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyanti -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nṛpasya -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • doṣaiḥ -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 25.28

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 25.28 in Bengali sript:
শ্রুত্বা তু তং বানরসৈন্যশব্দং লঙ্কাগতা রাক্ষসরাজভৃত্যাঃ ।
নষ্টৌজসো দৈন্যপরীতচেষ্টাঃ শ্রেযো ন পশ্যন্তি নৃপস্য দোষৈঃ ॥ ২৮ ॥

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 25.28 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રુત્વા તુ તં વાનરસૈન્યશબ્દં લઙ્કાગતા રાક્ષસરાજભૃત્યાઃ ।
નષ્ટૌજસો દૈન્યપરીતચેષ્ટાઃ શ્રેયો ન પશ્યન્તિ નૃપસ્ય દોષૈઃ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

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 25.28 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರುತ್ವಾ ತು ತಂ ವಾನರಸೈನ್ಯಶಬ್ದಂ ಲಙ್ಕಾಗತಾ ರಾಕ್ಷಸರಾಜಭೃತ್ಯಾಃ ।
ನಷ್ಟೌಜಸೋ ದೈನ್ಯಪರೀತಚೇಷ್ಟಾಃ ಶ್ರೇಯೋ ನ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ನೃಪಸ್ಯ ದೋಷೈಃ ॥ ೨೮ ॥

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 25.28 in Malayalam sript:
ശ്രുത്വാ തു തം വാനരസൈന്യശബ്ദം ലങ്കാഗതാ രാക്ഷസരാജഭൃത്യാഃ ।
നഷ്ടൌജസോ ദൈന്യപരീതചേഷ്ടാഃ ശ്രേയോ ന പശ്യന്തി നൃപസ്യ ദോഷൈഃ ॥ ൨൮ ॥

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 25.28 in Telugu sript:
శ్రుత్వా తు తం వానరసైన్యశబ్దం లఙ్కాగతా రాక్షసరాజభృత్యాః ।
నష్టౌజసో దైన్యపరీతచేష్టాః శ్రేయో న పశ్యన్తి నృపస్య దోషైః ॥ ౨౮ ॥

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