[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) › 2.64.7 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.64.7 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.64.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.64.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64.7) āryā ca dharmaniratā dharmajñā dharmadarśinī arogā cāpi kausalyā mātā rāmasya dhīmataḥ > While thus he spoke, the envoys borne > On horses faint and travel-worn > Had gained the city fenced around > With a deep moat's protecting bound. > An audience of the king they gained, > And honours from the prince obtained; > The monarch's feet they humbly pressed, > To Bharat next these words addressed: > 'The household priest and peers by us > Send health to thee and greet thee thus: > Come to thy father's house with haste: > Thine absent time no longer waste. > Receive these vestures rich and rare, > These costly gems and jewels fair, > And to thy uncle here present > Each precious robe and ornament. > These for the king and him suffice-- > Two hundred millions is their price-- > These, worth a hundred millions, be > Reserved, O large-eyed Prince, for thee.' > Loving his frieuds with heart and soul, > The joyful prince received thie whole, > Due honour to the envoys paid, > And thus in turn his answer made: > 'Of Das'aratha tidings tell: > Is the old king my father well? > Is Ráma, and is Lakshman, he > Of the high-soul, from sickness free? > And she who walks where duty leads, > Kaus'alyá known for gracious deeds, > Mother of Ráma, loving spouse, > Bound to her lord by well kept vows? > And Lakshman's mother too, the dame > Sumitrá skilled in duty's claim, > Who brave S'atrughna also bore, > Second in age,--her health declare. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.64.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64.6) - [Next: 2.64.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64.8) - [Up: 2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.70.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.2.64.7) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.64.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.64.7) · Pramāṇa