Shloka 24

रामस्तवः — ब्रह्मणा रामस्य नारायणत्वप्रकाशनम्

Rama-Stava: Brahma Reveals Rama’s Nārāyaṇa Identity

Devanagari script

अहंतेहृदयंरामजिह्वादेवीसरस्वती ।।।।देवारोमाणिगात्रेषुब्रह्मणानिर्मिताःप्रभो ।

Transliteration

ahaṃ te hṛdayaṃ rāma jihvā devī sarasvatī | devā romāṇi gātreṣu brahmaṇā nirmitāḥ prabho ||

Translation

O Rāma, ich bin dein Herz; Devī Sarasvatī ist deine Zunge; und die von Brahmā erschaffenen Götter sind die Härchen an deinen Gliedern, o Herr.

Word by Word

• निमेषः: (your) blinking/closing of eyes
• निमेषः: कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• स्मृता: is considered/remembered as
• स्मृता: विशेषण (participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘रात्रिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• रात्रिः: night
• रात्रिः: कर्ता-विशेष्य (subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उन्मेषः: opening of the eyes
• उन्मेषः: कर्ता-विशेषण (predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दिवसः: day
• दिवसः: कर्ता-विशेष्य (subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तुल्य/एवम्-अर्थे

• संस्काराः: rites/observances
• संस्काराः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• त्व्: but/indeed
• त्व्: सम्बन्धसूचक (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे; ‘तु’ का संधिरूप

• अभवन्: came to be/existed
• अभवन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वेदाः: the Vedas
• वेदाः: कर्ता (co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘संस्काराः’ इत्यस्य समुच्चित-कर्ता (co-subject)

• न: not
• न: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• एतत्: this (all)
• एतत्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: करण/सह (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: अपादानार्थ (separation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like), वियोगार्थे; तृतीया-सहयोगी

Context

"Rama, all gods constitute your heart, Devi Saraswathi is your tongue, the gods created by Brahma are the hair on your limbs."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Brahmā
• Sarasvatī
• gods (devas)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Speech and knowledge (Sarasvatī as the tongue) are sanctified; Dharma depends on truthful, wise expression and divinely guided intellect.

What is the narrative situation?

Brahmā continues the hymn, portraying Rāma as the cosmic person in whom divine functions reside.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s embodiment of wisdom and sacred speech—authority grounded in truth (satya) and knowledge.