Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

रामस्यैवं ब्रुवाणस्य त्वरितस्य युयुत्सया।प्रजज्वाल ततो वेदिस्सोपाध्यायपुरोहिता।।।।

Transliteration

rāmasyaivaṃ bruvāṇasya tvaritasya yuyutsayā | prajajvāla tato vedis sopādhyāya-purohitā ||

Translation

രാമൻ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ—യുദ്ധത്തിനായി അതിവേഗവും ഉത്സുകനുമായിരിക്കെ—വേദാധ്യാപകരും പുരോഹിതന്മാരും സന്നിഹിതമായ യാഗവേദി അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി ജ്വലിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ब्रुवाणस्य: while speaking
• ब्रुवाणस्य: विशेषण (to रामस्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु) + शतृ/शानच् वर्तमानकृदन्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘speaking’

• त्वरितस्य: of the eager/hurried (Rama)
• त्वरितस्य: विशेषण (to रामस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्वर् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of the hasty/eager one’

• युयुत्सया: with a desire to fight
• युयुत्सया: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सा (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative noun from युध् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन; हेतौ/निमित्ते (as cause/motive)

• प्रजज्वाल: blazed, flared up
• प्रजज्वाल: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• वेदीः: the altar
• वेदीः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सोपाध्यायपुरोहिता: accompanied by teachers and priests
• सोपाध्यायपुरोहिता: विशेषण (to वेदीः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + उपाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-भावे: ‘with’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वेदीम् विशेषयति

Context

While he was fracing up for a fight, the fire on the sacrificial altar with the officiating priests and spiritual guides suddenly brightened.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vedi (sacrificial altar)
• Upādhyāyas
• Purohitas

FAQs

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

Readiness to protect righteousness: Rāma’s disciplined willingness to fight is aligned with safeguarding the sacrificial rite (yajña), a dharmic duty in the epic.

What is the narrative situation?

At Viśvāmitra’s sacrificial setting, as Rāma declares his intent and readiness, the altar-fire suddenly brightens—functioning as an auspicious sign connected to the rite’s success.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Vīrya with restraint: courageous resolve (yuyutsā) expressed in service of a sacred obligation rather than personal anger.