Valmiki Ramayana 1.45.3: Bala Kanda, Sarga 45, Shloka 3

विशालानगरीप्रवेशः

Entry toward Viśālā and the Indra–Kṣīrodamathana Legend

Devanagari script

तस्य सा शर्वरी सर्वा सह सौमित्रिणा तदा।जगाम चिन्तयानस्य विश्वामित्रकथां शुभाम् ।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 1.45.3

Transliteration

tasya sā śarvarī sarvā saha saumitriṇā tadā |

jagāma cintayānasya viśvāmitrakathāṃ śubhām ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ രാമൻ സൗമിത്രിയോടു (ലക്ഷ്മണനോടു) കൂടെ, വിശ്വാമിത്രന്റെ ശുഭകഥയെ മനസ്സിൽ ധ്യാനിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് മുഴുവൻ രാത്രിയും കഴിച്ചു.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him (Rama)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सा: that
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शर्वरी: night
• शर्वरी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वा: entire
• सर्वा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of शर्वरी)

• सह: with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ/Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• सौमित्रिणा: with Saumitri (Lakshmana)
• सौमित्रिणा: Sahakari (सहकारी/Companion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• जगाम: passed; went
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चिन्तयानस्य: while he was thinking
• चिन्तयानस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय् (धातु) शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle, शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him who was thinking’

• विश्वामित्रकथाम्: Visvamitra's story
• विश्वामित्रकथाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of thinking)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वामित्रस्य कथा)

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of कथाम्)

Context

Having heard these words, the controller of the sense organs, Visnu, assumed the form of a tortoise reclined in the ocean supporting the mountain on its back.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitri)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

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

Dharma is supported by attentive listening and thoughtful reflection: Rāma spends the night contemplating a sacred teaching, showing that wisdom is gained not only by hearing but by internalizing it.

What is the narrative situation?

After hearing Viśvāmitra’s auspicious account, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa remain mentally engaged with it through the night.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s seriousness and receptivity to instruction—disciplined contemplation (manana) and reverence for truthful, dharmic teaching.