Rāmakṛṣṇavilomakāvyaṃ

Rāmakṛṣṇavilomakāvyaṃ (रामकृष्णविलोमाकाव्यं) is a short Sanskrit poem in 36 verses in the genre of vilomakāvya composed by Sūryadasa (born 1508), also known as Sūrya Daivajña or Sūrya Paṇḑita, from Pārthapura.

Readings in both directions produce meaningful texts and these meanings create a continuous narration.

In the case of Rāmakṛṣṇavilomakāvyaṃ, the reading in the left to right direction narrates the story of Rāma in Rāmāyaṇa and the reading in the opposite direction narrates the story of Kṛṣṇa in Mahābhārata.

While reading a stanza in a vilomakāvya, the relevant units are the syllables and not individual phonemes.

Sūryadasa himself has recorded as much in the concluding stanza of the poem an English translation of which reads like this: The following are the identified vilomakāvya-s: