[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Rāma story (Vālmīki and later versions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana) › [The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) › 2.44.8 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.44.8 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.44.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44.8) sumantro 'py avatīryaiva mocayitvā hayottamān vṛkṣamūlagataṃ rāmam upatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ > Sumantra, Lakshman gave assent, > And with the steeds they thither went. > When Ráma reached the lovely tree, > With Sítá and with Lakshman, he > Alighted from the car: with speed > Sumantra loosed each weary steed, > And hand to hand in reverence laid, > Stood near to Ráma in the shade. > Ráma's dear friend, renowned by fame, > Who of Nisháda lineage came, > Guha, the mighty chief, adored > Through all the land as sovereign lord, > Soon as he heard that prince renowned > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.44.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44.7) - [Next: 2.44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44.9) - [Up: 2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.50.p7) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Rāmāyaṇabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Tilaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tilaka) — Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka-makhin) — Tryambaka Makhin, Sanskrit - [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka) — Tryambaka, Sanskrit - [Kalpavallikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!bommakanti-nrsimhasastrin) — Bommakanti Nṛsiṃhaśāstrin, Sanskrit - [Rāmāyaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!nrsimha) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit - [Munibhāvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!munibhavaprakasika) — Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Critical edition, Ayodhyā- and Araṇyakāṇḍa (revised e-text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit-revised.2.44.8) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.44.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c6.6) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.44.8) · Pramāṇa