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Valmiki Ramayana 2.48.34

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.48.34

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Sanskrit

2.48.34

rātryāṃ tu tasyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ bharadvājo 'bravīd idam
madhumūlaphalopetaṃ citrakūṭaṃ vrajeti ha

Then, as he saw the morning break,
Ih answer Bharadvája spake:
'Go forth to Chitrakúta's hill,
Where berries grow, and sweets distil:
Full well, I deem, that home will suit
Thee, Ráma, strong and resolute.
Go forth, and Chitrakúta seek,
Famed mountain of the Varied Peak.
In the wild woods that gird him round
All creatures of the chase are found:
Thou in the glades shalt see appear
Vast herds of elephants and deer.
With Si'ta there shalt thou delight
To gaze upon the woody height;
There with expanding heart to look
On river, table-land, and brook,
And see the foaming torrent rave
Impetuous from the mountain cave.
Auspicious hill! where all day long
The lapwing's cry, the Koil's song
Make all who listen gay:
Where all is fresh and fair to see,
Where elephants and deer roam free,
There, as a hermit, stay.'

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

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