[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) › 2.65.25 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.65.25 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.65.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.65.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.25) malinaṃ cāśrupūrṇākṣaṃ dīnaṃ dhyānaparaṃ kṛśam sastrī puṃsaṃ ca paśyāmi janam utkaṇṭhitaṃ pure > Yet fear of ill my heart appals, > And all my wonted courage falls. > For I have heard in days gone by > The changes seen when monarchs die; > And all those signs. O charioteer, > I see today surround me here: > Each kinsman's house looks dark and grim, > No hand delights to keep it trim: > The beauty vanished. and the pride, > The doors, unkept, stand open wide. > No morning rites are offered there, > No grateful incense loads the air, > And all therein, with brows o'ercast, > Sit joyless on the ground and fast. > Their lovely chaplets dry and dead, > Their courts unswept, with dust o'erspread, > The temples of the Gods to-day > No more look beautiful and gay. > Neglected stands each holy shrine, > Each image of a Lord divine. > No shop where flowery wreaths are sold > Is bright and busy as of old. > The women and the men I mark > Absorbed in fancies dull and dark, > Their gloomy eyes with tears bedewed, > A poor afflicted multitude.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.65.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.24) - [Next: 2.65.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.26) - [Up: 2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.71.p1.4) — 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.2.65.25) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.65.25) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.120.176) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.25) · Pramāṇa