Valmiki Ramayana 2.1.11: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1, Shloka 11

गुणप्रशंसा–युवराजनिर्णयः

Praise of Rama’s Virtues and the Decision on the Heir-Apparent

Devanagari script

कथञ्चिदुपकारेण कृतेनैकेन तुष्यति।न स्मरत्यपकाराणां शतमप्यात्मवत्तया।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.1.11

Transliteration

kathañcid upakāreṇa kṛtena ekena tuṣyati | na smaraty apakārāṇāṃ śatam api ātmavattayā ||

Translation

Por dominio de sí, se contentaba incluso con un solo favor hecho de cualquier modo; y no guardaba en la memoria ni cien agravios cometidos por otros.

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Word by Word

• कथञ्चित्: somehow
• कथञ्चित्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• उपकारेण: by a service/favor
• उपकारेण: करण/हेतु
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कृतेन: done
• कृतेन: विशेषण (to उपकारेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• एकेन: by a single
• एकेन: विशेषण (to उपकारेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तुष्यति: is pleased
• तुष्यति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• स्मरति: remembers
• स्मरति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपकाराणाम्: of wrongs/offences
• अपकाराणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive; object remembered)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (Object; quantified)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्या (numeral)

• अपि: even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/concessive)

• आत्मवत्तया: due to self-restraint
• आत्मवत्तया: हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मवत्-ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (abstract noun)

Context

Gifted with self-restraint, Rama was pleased even with a single benefit done somehow to him, yet did not remember even a hundred offences committed by others.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

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

Dharma of gratitude and forgiveness: value even small kindnesses, and do not nourish resentment by repeatedly recalling injuries.

What is the narrative situation?

A continued portrait of Rāma’s conduct—how he responds to benefit and harm from others.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Ātmavattā (self-mastery) expressed as gratitude and a forgiving memory.