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# The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.62

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.62

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.1)

teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha  
mitrāmātyagaṇān sarvān brāhmaṇāṃs tān idaṃ vacaḥ

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.2)

yad asau mātulakule pure rājagṛhe sukhī  
bharato vasati bhrātrā śatrughnena samanvitaḥ

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.3)

tac chīghraṃ javanā dūtā gacchantu tvaritair hayaiḥ  
ānetuṃ bhrātarau vīrau kiṃ samīkṣāmahe vayam

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.4)

gacchantv iti tataḥ sarve vasiṣṭhaṃ vākyam abruvan  
teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.5)

ehi siddhārtha vijaya jayantāśokanandana  
śrūyatām itikartavyaṃ sarvān eva bravīmi vaḥ

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.6)

puraṃ rājagṛhaṃ gatvā śīghraṃ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ  
tyaktaśokair idaṃ vācyaḥ śāsanād bharato mama

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.7)

purohitas tvāṃ kuśalaṃ prāha sarve ca mantriṇaḥ  
tvaramāṇaś ca niryāhi kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ tvayā

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.8)

mā cāsmai proṣitaṃ rāmaṃ mā cāsmai pitaraṃ mṛtam  
bhavantaḥ śaṃsiṣur gatvā rāghavāṇām imaṃ kṣayam

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.9)

kauśeyāni ca vastrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca  
kṣipram ādāya rājñaś ca bharatasya ca gacchata  
vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātā dūtāḥ saṃtvaritā yayuḥ

> Vas'ishtha heard their speech and prayer,  
> And thus addressed the concourse there.  
> Friends, Brámans, counsellors, and all  
> Assembled in the palace hall:  
> 'Ye know that Bharat, free from care,  
> Still lives in Rámagriha where  
> The father of his mother reigns:  
> S'atrughna by his side remains.  
> Let active envoys, good at need,  
> Thither on fleetest horses speed,  
> To bring the hero youths away:  
> Why waste the time in dull delay?'  
> Quick came from all the glad reply:  
> 'Vas'ishtha, let the envoys fly'  
> He heard their speech, and thus renewed  
> His charge before the multitude:  
> 'Nandan, As'ok, Siddhárth, attend,  
> Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend:  
> Be yours, what need requires, to do:  
> I speak these words to all of you.  
> With coursers of the fleetest breed  
> To Rájagriha's city speed.  
> Then rid your bosoms of distress,  
> And Bharat thus from me address:  
> 'The household priest and peers by us  
> Send health to thee and greet thee thus:  
> Come to thy father's home with haste:  
> Thine absent time no longer waste.'  
> But speak no word of Ráma fled,  
> Tell not the prince his sire is dead,  
> Nor to the royal youth the fate  
> That ruins Raghu's race relate.  
> Go quickly hence, and with you bear  
> Fine silken vestures rich and rare.  
> And gems and many a precious thing  
> As gifts to Bharat and the king.'  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.10)

te hastina pure gaṅgāṃ tīrtvā pratyaṅmukhā yayuḥ  
pāñcāladeśam āsādya madhyena kurujāṅgalam

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.11)

te prasannodakāṃ divyāṃ nānāvihagasevitām  
upātijagmur vegena śaradaṇḍāṃ janākulām

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.12)

nikūlavṛkṣam āsādya divyaṃ satyopayācanam  
abhigamyābhivādyaṃ taṃ kuliṅgāṃ prāviśan purīm

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.13)

abhikālaṃ tataḥ prāpya tejo'bhibhavanāc cyutāḥ  
yayur madhyena bāhlīkān sudāmānaṃ ca parvatam  
viṣṇoḥ padaṃ prekṣamāṇā vipāśāṃ cāpi śālmalīm

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.14)

te śrāntavāhanā dūtā vikṛṣṭena satā pathā  
giri vrajaṃ pura varaṃ śīghram āsedur añjasā

> With ample stores of food supplied,  
> Bach to his home the envoys hied,  
> Prepared, with steeds of swiftest race,  
> lo Kekaya's land their way to trace.  
> They made all due provision there,  
> And every need arranged with care,  
> Then ordered by Vas'ishtha. they  
> Went forth with speed upon their way.  
> Then northward of Pralamba, west  
> Of Apartála, on they pressed,  
> Crossing the M'aliní that flowed  
> With gentle stream athwart the road.  
> They traversed Gangás holy waves  
> Where she Hastinapura lives,  
> Thence to Panchala westward fast  
> Through Kurujangal's land they passed.  
> On, on their course the envoys held  
> By urgency of task impelled.  
> Quick glancing at each lucid flood  
> And sweet lake gay with flower and bud.  
> Beyond, they passed unwearied o'er,  
> Where glad birds fill the flood and shore  
> Of Saradanda racing fleet  
> With heavenly water clear and sweet.  
> Thereby a tree celestial grows  
> Which every boon on prayer bestows:  
> To its blest shade they humbly bent,  
> Then to Kulinga's town they went.  
> Then, having passed the Warrior's Wood,  
> In Abhikala next they stood,  
> O'er sacred Ikshumati came,  
> Their ancient kings' ancestral claim.  
> They saw the learned Brahmans stand,  
> Each drinking from his hollowed hand,  
> And through Bahika journeying still  
> They reached at length Sudaman's hill:  
> There Vishnu's footstep turned to see,  
> Vipasa viewed, and Salmali,  
> And many a lake and river met,  
> Tank, pool, and pond, and rivulet.  
> And lions saw, and tigers near,  
> And elephants and herds of deer,  
> And still, by prompt obedience led,  
> Along the ample road they sped.  
> Then when their course so swift and long,  
> Had worn their steeds though fleet and strong,  
> To Girivraja's splendid town  
> They came by night, and lighted down.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

### [2.62.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.62.15)

bhartuḥ priyārthaṃ kularakṣaṇārthaṃ bhartuś ca vaṃśasya parigrahārtham  
aheḍamānās tvarayā sma dūtā rātryāṃ tu te tat puram eva yātāḥ

> To please their master, and to guard  
> The royal race, the lineal right,  
> The envoys, spent with riding hard,  
> To that fair city came by night.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

## Translations (1)

- [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.68.p1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, English

## Other recensions (2)

- [Critical edition, Ayodhyā- and Araṇyakāṇḍa (revised e-text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit-revised.2.62.1) — Sanskrit
- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.62.1) — Sanskrit

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