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Shloka 38

रामरावणयोर्युद्धवैषम्यं तथा रावणशिरश्छेदनम्

Rama–Ravana Duel Intensifies; Ravana’s Heads Severed and Reappear

नैव रात्रिं न दिवसंमुहूर्तं न च क्षणम् ।रामरावणयोर्युद्धंविराममुपगच्छति ।।।।

naiva rātriṃ na divasaṃ muhūrtaṃ na ca kṣaṇam |

rāmarāvaṇayor yuddhaṃ virāmam upagacchati ||

ไม่ว่าราตรีหรือทิวา ไม่ว่าชั่วมุหูรตะหรือเพียงขณะเดียว ศึกระหว่างพระรามกับทศกัณฐ์ก็มิได้หยุดพักเลย

not
:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
एवat all/indeed
एव:
अवधारण (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/at all)
रात्रिम्night
रात्रिम्:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal extent)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (time span)
not
:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
दिवसम्day
दिवसम्:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal extent)
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण
मुहूर्तम्a moment
मुहूर्तम्:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal extent)
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण
not
:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
and
:
समुच्चय (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
क्षणम्an instant
क्षणम्:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal extent)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण
रामरावणयोःof Rama and Ravana
रामरावणयोः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: 'of')
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक) + रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formइतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (रामः रावणः), द्विवचनस्य षष्ठी (6th/Genitive dual)
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
विरामम्cessation/pause
विरामम्:
कर्म (Object of upagacchati)
TypeNoun
Rootविराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
उपगच्छतिattains/comes to
उपगच्छति:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + गम् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

The fight between Rama and Ravana continued all day and night, without stopping for a moment.

R
Rāma
R
Rāvaṇa

FAQs

Dharma demands steadfast commitment: when the moral aim is just, one persists without yielding to fatigue or delay, maintaining truth of purpose (satya-saṅkalpa).

The text emphasizes the uninterrupted nature of the Rāma–Rāvaṇa duel—no rest by day or night.

Unbroken resolve and endurance—continuing the duty-bound struggle until its rightful conclusion.