भरद्वाज महाबुद्धे रामक्रममिमं शुभम् । शृणु वक्ष्यामि तेनैव सर्वं ज्ञास्यसि सर्वदा ॥ १७ ॥
bharadvāja mahābuddhē rāmakramamimaṁ śubham | śṛṇu vakṣyāmi tēnaiva sarvaṁ jñāsyasi sarvadā || 17 ||
Translation
Bharadvāja, great of understanding, listen: I shall tell this auspicious course of Rāma. Through it alone you will know everything, for all time.
Word by word
- bharadvāja
- Bharadvāja
- mahābuddhē
- great of understanding
- rāma
- of Rāma
- kramam
- course
- imaṁ
- this
- śubham
- auspicious
- śṛṇu
- listen
- vakṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- tēna
- through it
- ēva
- alone
- sarvaṁ
- everything
- jñāsyasi
- you will know
- sarvadā
- for all time
Meaning
"Course" (krama) is the order of Rāma's life from dispassion to awakening, which the six books follow. The promise is large: in this one story the whole truth is contained.