Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 4, Shloka 21

कुशिलवगानप्रशंसा

The Commissioning and Public Performance of the Rāmāyaṇa

Devanagari script

आश्चर्यमिदमाख्यानं मुनिना सम्प्रकीर्तितम्।परं कवीनामाधारं समाप्तं च यथाक्रमम्।।1.4.21।।

Transliteration

āścaryam idam ākhyānaṃ muninā samprakīrtitam | paraṃ kavīnām ādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam || 1.4.21 ||

Translation

この驚くべき物語は牟尼によって称え語られ、しかるべき順序のままに完結した。詩人たちの至上の拠り所である。

Word by Word

• आश्चर्यम्: wonderful, astonishing
• आश्चर्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of आख्यानम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; deictic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आख्यानम्: narrative, epic account
• आख्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karaṇa (करण; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सम्प्रकीर्तितम्: has been well narrated
• सम्प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: samprakīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt (कीर्त्) + सम्+प्र + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (PPP: 'has been proclaimed')

• परम्: supreme, excellent
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of आधारम्)

• कवीनाम्: of poets
• कवीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kavi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• आधारम्: foundation, support
• आधारम्: Karta (कर्ता; apposition/second predicate of आख्यानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समाप्तम्: completed
• समाप्तम्: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāpta (कृदन्त; √āp (आप्) + सम् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order
• यथाक्रमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + krama (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Context

This wonderful epic chronologically composed and completed by the sage (Valmiki), is the supreme source for poetry.

Characters & Entities

• Vālmīki

FAQs

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

Dharma is advanced by authoritative, well-ordered narration: a truthful epic becomes a standard for teaching and for responsible poetic creation.

What is the narrative situation?

The text characterizes Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa as a complete, orderly work and a model for poets.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Vālmīki’s compositional integrity—completeness, order, and reliability (satya) in presenting itihāsa.