The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.36
Critical edition, Ayodhyā- and Araṇyakāṇḍa (revised e-text) 2.66.36
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- Sanskrit
2.66.36
tac chrutvā bharatas trasto bhrātuś cāritraśaṅkayā
svasya vaṃśasya māhātmyāt praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame //
Then Bharat's soul with fear was stirred
Lest Ráma from the right had erred,
And jealous for ancestral fame,
He put this question to the dame:
'Has Ráma grasped with lawless hold
A Bráhman's house, or land, or gold?
Has Ráma harmed with ill intent
Some poor or wealthy innocent?
Was Ráma, faithless to his vows,
Enamoured of anothers spouse?
Why was he sent to Dandak's wild,
Like one who kills an unborn child?'
Translations (1)
- The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, English
Other recensions (1)
- Critical edition (Baroda) — Sanskrit