Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1, Shloka 84

श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपः / The Ramayana in Synopsis

Narada’s Summary to Valmiki

Devanagari script

कर्मणा तेन महता त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।सदेवर्षिगणं तुष्टं राघवस्य महात्मन: ।।।।

Transliteration

karmaṇā tena mahatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | sadevarṣigaṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Nhờ đại công đức ấy của bậc Đại Hồn Rāghava, cả ba cõi—muôn loài hữu tình và vô tình, cùng hội chúng chư thiên và các bậc thánh hiền—đều hoan hỷ, mãn nguyện.

Word by Word

• कर्मणा: by the deed
• कर्मणा: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument-cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (करण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular; agrees with ‘कर्मणा’

• महता: great
• महता: Karaṇa (करण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular, Neuter; agrees with ‘कर्मणा’

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of ‘तुष्टम्’ understood ‘अभवत्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; ‘the three worlds’ as a collective subject

• सचराचरम्: with all mobile and immobile beings
• सचराचरम्: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; qualifies ‘त्रैलोक्यम्’; ‘with (all) moving and unmoving (beings)’

• सदेवर्षिगणम्: including gods and sages
• सदेवर्षिगणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular; qualifies ‘त्रैलोक्यम्’; ‘together with groups of gods and sages’

• तुष्टम्: pleased
• तुष्टम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative state; ‘was pleased’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective of ‘त्रैलोक्यम्’

• राघवस्य: of Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier in genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular; agrees with ‘राघवस्य’

Context

All the animate and inanimate beings, gods and sages in the three worlds were very pleased at this noble deed of the great Rama.

Characters & Entities

• Rāghava (Rāma)
• Trailokya (three worlds)
• Devas (gods)
• Ṛṣis (sages)

FAQs

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

Dharma is portrayed as world-sustaining: when a righteous leader upholds moral order, its benefit is not private but cosmic—bringing satisfaction to all realms and beings.

What is the narrative situation?

Following the vindication of Sītā and the resolution of the crisis, the narrative states that all worlds and divine-sage communities are pleased with Rāma’s great act.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s mahātmatā (great-souledness): his actions align with a broader moral and cosmic responsibility.