Shloka 22

Devanagari script

रामो रामो राम इति प्रजानामभवत्‌ कथा

Transliteration

rāmo rāmo rāma iti prajānām abhavat kathā

Translation

Nārada said: Among the people, the talk became nothing but “Rāma, Rāma, Rāma”—his name alone filling public speech and memory, invoked as a moral ideal in a time of turmoil.

Word by Word

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राम: O Rama
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus/quoting
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रजानाम्: of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• कथा: talk/story/utterance
• कथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rāma
• prajāḥ (the people/subjects)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a righteous exemplar becomes a moral reference point for society: in moments of crisis, people invoke the name “Rāma” as shorthand for dharma, self-restraint, and just rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada reports a social reaction: public conversation among the people turns into repeated invocation of “Rāma,” indicating that Rāma’s fame and ethical stature have become widespread and dominant in common discourse.