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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 46.5
श्रेयो हि मरणं मे ऽद्य मृत्योर्वा यत् परं भवेत् ।
न चास्मिन्नीदृशे कार्ये नियोज्यो लोकनिन्दिते ॥ ५ ॥
śreyo hi maraṇaṃ me'dya mṛtyorvā yat paraṃ bhavet |
na cāsminnīdṛśe kārye niyojyo lokanindite || 5 ||
The English translation of Ramayana Verse 46.5 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 (46.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Marana, Asmad, Adya, Mriti, Mrityu, Var, Yat, Yad, Param, Para, Idam, Idrish, Idrisha, Karya, Niyojya, Lokanindita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ramayana Verse 46.5). 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: “śreyo hi maraṇaṃ me'dya mṛtyorvā yat paraṃ bhavet ”
- śreyo* -
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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]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- maraṇam -
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maraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- me' -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mṛtyor -
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mṛti (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- vā* -
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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]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “na cāsminnīdṛśe kārye niyojyo lokanindite ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asminn -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]
- īdṛśe -
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īdṛś (noun, feminine)[dative single]īdṛś (noun, masculine)[dative single]īdṛś (noun, neuter)[dative single]īdṛśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]īdṛśa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]īdṛśā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kārye -
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kārya (noun, masculine)[locative single]kārya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kāryā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ], [vocative dual from √kṛ], [accusative dual from √kṛ], [locative single from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ], [vocative single from √kṛ], [vocative dual from √kṛ], [accusative dual from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṝ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṝ class 9 verb]√kṛ (verb class 0)[present passive first single]
- niyojyo* -
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niyojya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lokanindite -
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lokanindita (noun, masculine)[locative single]lokanindita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]lokaninditā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Verse 46.5
Ramayana of Valmiki (Hindi Translation)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)
A Set of Two Volumes (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
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Ramayana (Marathi Translation)
by Swadhyaya Mandal (Vedic Research Centre), Gujarat (1967)
Set of 10 Volumes
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Valmiki Ramayanam (with Five Sanskrit Commentaries)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2008)
Sanskrit only in Seven Volumes
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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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Srimad Valmikiya Ramayana in Bengali
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2015)
শ্রীমদ্বাল্মীকীয় রামায়ণ:
Buy now!Preview of verse 46.5 in Bengali sript:
শ্রেযো হি মরণং মেঽদ্য মৃত্যোর্বা যত্ পরং ভবেত্ ।
ন চাস্মিন্নীদৃশে কার্যে নিযোজ্যো লোকনিন্দিতে ॥ ৫ ॥
Srimad Valmiki Ramayana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2013)
શ્રીમદવાલ્મીકીય રામાયણ: [Set of 2 Volumes]
Buy now!Preview of verse 46.5 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રેયો હિ મરણં મેઽદ્ય મૃત્યોર્વા યત્ પરં ભવેત્ ।
ન ચાસ્મિન્નીદૃશે કાર્યે નિયોજ્યો લોકનિન્દિતે ॥ ૫ ॥
The Ramayana of Valmiki in Kannada
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
ಶ್ರೀ ಮದ್ವಲ್ಮಿಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ: [Set of 3 Volumes]
Buy now!Preview of verse 46.5 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರೇಯೋ ಹಿ ಮರಣಂ ಮೇಽದ್ಯ ಮೃತ್ಯೋರ್ವಾ ಯತ್ ಪರಂ ಭವೇತ್ ।
ನ ಚಾಸ್ಮಿನ್ನೀದೃಶೇ ಕಾರ್ಯೇ ನಿಯೋಜ್ಯೋ ಲೋಕನಿನ್ದಿತೇ ॥ ೫ ॥
Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam and Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Malayalam
by Swami Siddhinathananda & Swami Ranganathananda [Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur] (2019)
രാമായണം: [Set of 3 Volumes]
Buy now!Preview of verse 46.5 in Malayalam sript:
ശ്രേയോ ഹി മരണം മേഽദ്യ മൃത്യോര്വാ യത് പരം ഭവേത് ।
ന ചാസ്മിന്നീദൃശേ കാര്യേ നിയോജ്യോ ലോകനിന്ദിതേ ॥ ൫ ॥
Shrimad Valmiki Ramayana Mulam (Telugu)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)
వాల్మీకీ రామాయణం [Set of 3 Volumes]
Buy now!Preview of verse 46.5 in Telugu sript:
శ్రేయో హి మరణం మేఽద్య మృత్యోర్వా యత్ పరం భవేత్ ।
న చాస్మిన్నీదృశే కార్యే నియోజ్యో లోకనిన్దితే ॥ ౫ ॥