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Valmiki Ramayana 2.12.14

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.12.14

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Sanskrit

2.12.14

sthāpya rājye mama sutaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ vanecaram
niḥsapatnāṃ ca māṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi

While thus the high-souled monarch spoke
To the stern queen, the Morning broke,
And holy night had slowly fled,
With moon and stars engarlanded.
Yet once again the cruel queen
Spoke words in answer fierce and keen,
Still on her evil purpose bent,
Wild with her rage and eloquent:
'What speech is this? Such words as these
Seem sprung from poison-sown disease.
Quick to thy noble Ráma send
And bid him on his sire attend.
When to my son the rule is given;
When Ráma to the woods is driven;
When not a rival copes with me,
From chains of duty thou art free.'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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