Shloka 32

The Horse’s Journey

to Cyavana’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

चित्रं पश्यत भो विप्रा रामोऽपि मखकारकः । यन्नामस्मरणादीनि कुर्वंति पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

citraṃ paśyata bho viprā rāmo'pi makhakārakaḥ | yannāmasmaraṇādīni kurvaṃti pāpanāśanam

Translation

चित्रं पश्यत भो विप्राः—रामोऽपि मखकारकः; यन्नामस्मरणादीनि कुर्वन्ति पापनाशनम्।

Word by Word

• चित्रम्: a wonder, strange (indeed)
• चित्रम्: Kriyā-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन — used adverbially ‘wonder!’

• पश्यत: behold
• पश्यत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन — see! behold!

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (8/1), बहुवचन — Vocative plural (addressed)

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — ‘also/even’

• मख-कारकः: performer of a sacrifice
• मख-कारकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘maker/performer of sacrifice’; तत्पुरुषः (मखं करोति)

• यत्-नाम-स्मरण-आदीनि: (acts) such as remembering whose name
• यत्-नाम-स्मरण-आदीनि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नाम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — ‘whose name-remembrance etc.’; समासः: (यस्य नाम) + (नामस्मरण) + (स्मरणादि)

• कुर्वन्ति: do, accomplish
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — they do

• पाप-नाशनम्: destruction of sin
• पाप-नाशनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object/complement; ‘destruction of sin’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing brāhmaṇas; exact dialogue speaker not provided in the input)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: रामोऽपि → रामः अपि; यन्नामस्मरणादीनि → यत्-नाम-स्मरण-आदीनि; कुर्वंति (ms) → कुर्वन्ति.

Characters & Entities

• Rama

FAQs

What is the main teaching of this verse?

It highlights the purifying power of remembering Rāma’s name (nāma-smaraṇa) as an effective means for destroying sin, even while acknowledging Rāma’s own performance of Vedic sacrifices.

Does the verse reject yajña (sacrifice)?

No. It notes that Rāma performed sacrifices, but emphasizes that people commonly rely on devotional acts like remembrance of His name for spiritual purification.

What ethical or practical lesson does it offer for devotees?

It encourages accessible daily devotion—remembering and invoking the divine name—as a sincere practice for inner cleansing and moral transformation.