Shloka 200

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

रामायणमुपाख्यानमत्रैव बहुविस्तरम्‌ । यत्र रामेण विक्रम्य निहतो रावणो युधि,वनपर्वमें बड़े ही विस्तारके साथ रामायणका उपाख्यान है, जिसमें भगवान्‌ श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने युद्धभूमिमें अपने पराक्रमसे रावणका वध किया है

Transliteration

rāmāyaṇam upākhyānam atraiva bahuvistaram | yatra rāmeṇa vikramya nihato rāvaṇo yudhi ||

Translation

Here itself is found the extensive subsidiary narrative of the Rāmāyaṇa—where Rāma, displaying heroic prowess, slew Rāvaṇa in battle.

Word by Word

• रामायणम्: the Ramayana
• रामायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामायण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपाख्यानम्: episode; subsidiary narrative
• उपाख्यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बहु-विस्तरम्: very extensive; in great detail
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where; in which
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विक्रम्य: having displayed valor; having exerted prowess
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• निहतः: was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रावणः: Ravana
• रावणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Rāmāyaṇa