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 74.18

राक्षसेन्द्रसुतासाधो पारुष्यं त्यज गौरवात् ।
कुले यद्यप्यहं जातो रक्षसां क्रूरकर्मणाम् ।
गुणो ऽयं प्रथमो नॄणां तन्मे शीलमराक्षसं ॥ १८ ॥

rākṣasendrasutāsādho pāruṣyaṃ tyaja gauravāt |
kule yadyapyahaṃ jāto rakṣasāṃ krūrakarmaṇām |
guṇo'yaṃ prathamo nṝṇāṃ tanme śīlamarākṣasaṃ || 18 ||

The English translation of Ramayana Verse 74.18 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 (74.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rakshasendra, Sut, Suta, Asadhu, Parushya, Gaurava, Kula, Kuli, Yadi, Yad, Api, Apya, Aha, Asmad, Jatri, Jata, Rakshas, Rakshasa, Krurakarmana, Krurakarman, Guna, Aya, Idam, Prathama, Nri, Shil, Shila, Arakshasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 74.18). 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: “rākṣasendrasutāsādho pāruṣyaṃ tyaja gauravāt
  • rākṣasendra -
  • rākṣasendra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sutā -
  • suta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sut (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sut (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    su -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √su class 5 verb]
    su -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √su class 5 verb]
    su -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb]
    su (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • asādho -
  • asādhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asādhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • pāruṣyam -
  • pāruṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tyaja -
  • tyaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gauravāt -
  • gaurava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    gaurava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “kule yadyapyahaṃ jāto rakṣasāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
  • kule -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kuli (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kuli (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • yadya -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • jāto* -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • rakṣasām -
  • rakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    rakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    rakṣasā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • krūrakarmaṇām -
  • krūrakarmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    krūrakarman (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    krūrakarman (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 3: “guṇo'yaṃ prathamo nṝṇāṃ tanme śīlamarākṣasaṃ
  • guṇo' -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prathamo* -
  • prathama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṝṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tanme -
  • śīlam -
  • śīla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śīla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śīlā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śīl (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • arākṣasam -
  • arākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arākṣasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arākṣasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 74.18

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 74.18 in Bengali sript:
রাক্ষসেন্দ্রসুতাসাধো পারুষ্যং ত্যজ গৌরবাত্ ।
কুলে যদ্যপ্যহং জাতো রক্ষসাং ক্রূরকর্মণাম্ ।
গুণোঽযং প্রথমো নৄণাং তন্মে শীলমরাক্ষসং ॥ ১৮ ॥

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 74.18 in Gujarati sript:
રાક્ષસેન્દ્રસુતાસાધો પારુષ્યં ત્યજ ગૌરવાત્ ।
કુલે યદ્યપ્યહં જાતો રક્ષસાં ક્રૂરકર્મણામ્ ।
ગુણોઽયં પ્રથમો નૄણાં તન્મે શીલમરાક્ષસં ॥ ૧૮ ॥

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 74.18 in Kannada sript:
ರಾಕ್ಷಸೇನ್ದ್ರಸುತಾಸಾಧೋ ಪಾರುಷ್ಯಂ ತ್ಯಜ ಗೌರವಾತ್ ।
ಕುಲೇ ಯದ್ಯಪ್ಯಹಂ ಜಾತೋ ರಕ್ಷಸಾಂ ಕ್ರೂರಕರ್ಮಣಾಮ್ ।
ಗುಣೋಽಯಂ ಪ್ರಥಮೋ ನೄಣಾಂ ತನ್ಮೇ ಶೀಲಮರಾಕ್ಷಸಂ ॥ ೧೮ ॥

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 74.18 in Malayalam sript:
രാക്ഷസേന്ദ്രസുതാസാധോ പാരുഷ്യം ത്യജ ഗൌരവാത് ।
കുലേ യദ്യപ്യഹം ജാതോ രക്ഷസാം ക്രൂരകര്മണാമ് ।
ഗുണോഽയം പ്രഥമോ നൄണാം തന്മേ ശീലമരാക്ഷസം ॥ ൧൮ ॥

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 74.18 in Telugu sript:
రాక్షసేన్ద్రసుతాసాధో పారుష్యం త్యజ గౌరవాత్ ।
కులే యద్యప్యహం జాతో రక్షసాం క్రూరకర్మణామ్ ।
గుణోఽయం ప్రథమో నౄణాం తన్మే శీలమరాక్షసం ॥ ౧౮ ॥

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