Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 27, Shloka 21

त्रिजटास्वप्नवर्णनम्

Trijata’s Dream-Omens and the Rakshasis’ Reversal

Devanagari script

न हि रामो महातेजाश्शक्यो जेतुं सुरासुरैः।राक्षसैर्वापि चान्यैर्वा स्वर्गः पापजनैरिव।।5.27.21।।

Transliteration

na hi rāmo mahātejāḥ śakyo jetuṃ surāsuraiḥ |

rākṣasair vāpi cānyair vā svargaḥ pāpajanair iva ||5.27.21||

Translation

အမှန်တကယ် မဟာတေဇရှိသော ရာမသည် ဒေဝတားတို့နှင့် အသူရတို့ကလည်း မအနိုင်ယူနိုင်၊ ရက္ခသတို့ကလည်း မအနိုင်ယူနိုင်၊ အခြားသူမည်သူမျှလည်း မအနိုင်ယူနိုင်—အပြစ်သားတို့က ကောင်းကင်ဘုံကို မရနိုင်သကဲ့သို့ပင်။

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-निषेध (sentence negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्ध (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः/अव्ययम्; हेत्वर्थ-बलवर्धकः (emphatic/causal particle: indeed/for)

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (masc.; nominative; singular)

• महातेजाः: very brilliant/mighty in splendor
• महातेजाः: कर्ता-विशेषणम् (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (महत् + तेजस्) (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (masc.; nominative; singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier of रामः)

• शक्यः: possible/able (to be)
• शक्यः: विधेय (predicate: possibility)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य (√शक् धातु, शक्—समर्थने; क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (masc.; nominative; singular); विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative adjective) + न (negated)

• जेतुम्: to conquer/defeat
• जेतुम्: कर्म-क्रियाविशेषण/प्रयोजनम् (complement: 'to conquer')
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जि—जये) + तुमुन् (infinitive)
• Form: तुमुनन्तम् अव्यय-स्वरूपम् (infinitive); क्रियार्थक-प्रयोजनम् (purpose/complement of शक्यः)

• सुरासुरैः: by gods and demons
• सुरासुरैः: कर्ता/साधनम् (agent/instrument in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; बहुवचनम् (masc.; instrumental; plural); द्वन्द्व-समासः (suras and asuras)

• राक्षसैः: by rakshasas/demons
• राक्षसैः: कर्ता/साधनम् (agent/instrument in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; बहुवचनम् (masc.; instrumental; plural)

• वा: or
• वा: सम्बन्ध (coordination/disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम् (disjunctive particle: or)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (emphasis/addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्ययम् (also/even)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction: and)

• अन्यैः: by others
• अन्यैः: कर्ता/साधनम् (agent/instrument in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; बहुवचनम् (masc.; instrumental; plural); सर्वनाम-स्वभावः (pronominal adjective used substantively: 'others')

• वा: or
• वा: सम्बन्ध (disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम् (or)

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: उपमेय (standard of comparison: 'like heaven...')
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (masc.; nominative; singular); उपमान-विषयः (topic of simile with इव)

• पापजनैः: by sinners
• पापजनैः: उपमान-सम्बन्धि/साधनम् (instrumental with simile: 'by sinners')
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + जन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; बहुवचनम् (masc.; instrumental; plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापानां जनाः = sinners)

• इव: like/as
• इव: सम्बन्ध (upamā-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्ययम् (simile marker: like/as)

Context

"In this way I saw in my dream Rama as valiant as Lord Visnu accompanied by his brother Lakshmana and his wife Sita.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Suras (gods)
• Asuras (demons)
• Rākṣasas
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

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

The verse links victory to moral qualification: just as heaven is inaccessible to sin, defeat is inaccessible to Rama because he embodies dharma and truth; ethical alignment is portrayed as real strength.

What is the narrative situation?

After describing the dream-vision, Hanumān states his firm conviction that no cosmic faction—gods, demons, or rākṣasas—can truly overcome Rāma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Unassailable righteous power: Rama’s ‘mahātejas’ is presented as the force of dharma itself, inspiring confidence and moral certainty.