Adau Rama Tapovanadi
Rama
Shloka
Maharishi Valmiki
Sanskrit
ādau rāma tapovanādi gamanaṃ hatvā mṛgaṃ kāṃcanaṃ
vaidehī haraṇaṃ jaṭāyu maraṇaṃ sugrīva saṃbhāṣaṇam .
vālī nigrahaṇaṃ samudra taraṇaṃ laṃkāpurī dāhanaṃ
paścāt rāvaṇa kuṃbhakarṇa hananaṃ etadhdi rāmāyaṇam
Commencing with Rama's going to the sacrificial spot, killing the golden deer,
the abduction of Vaidehi, death of Jatayu,
conversation with Sugriva, burning of Lanka,
then the annihilation of Ravana and Kumbhakarna - this is the traditional Ramayana.
Translations
| Sanskrit | English | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| आदौ | in the beginning | ādau |
| राम | Rama | rāma |
| तपोवनादि | to the hermitage etc. | tapovanādi |
| गमनं | going | gamanaṃ |
| हत्वा | having killed | hatvā |
| मृगं | deer | mṛgaṃ |
| कांचनं | golden | kāṃcanaṃ |
| वैदेही | Sita | vaidehī |
| हरणं | abduction | haraṇaṃ |
| जटायु | Jatayu | jaṭāyu |
| मरणं | death | maraṇaṃ |
| सुग्रीव | Sugriva | sugrīva |
| संभाषणम् | conversation | saṃbhāṣaṇam |
| वाली | Vali | vālī |
| निग्रहणं | subjugation | nigrahaṇaṃ |
| समुद्र | ocean | samudra |
| तरणं | crossing | taraṇaṃ |
| लंकापुरी | city of Lanka | laṃkāpurī |
| दाहनं | burning | dāhanaṃ |
| पश्चात् | afterwards | paścāt |
| रावण | Ravana | rāvaṇa |
| कुंभकर्ण | Kumbhakarna | kuṃbhakarṇa |
| हननं | killing | hananaṃ |
| एतध्दि | this indeed | etad dhi |
| रामायणम् | Ramayana | rāmāyaṇam |