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# The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.65.28

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.65.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.65.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.28)

bahūni paśyan manaso 'priyāṇi yāny annyadā nāsya pure babhūvuḥ  
avākśirā dīnamanā nahṛṣṭaḥ pitur mahātmā praviveśa veśma

> His mind oppressed with woe and dread,  
> Thus Bharat to his driver said,  
> Viewed the dire signs Ayodhyá showed,  
> And onward to the palace rode.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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## Translations (1)

- [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.71.p2) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.65.27) — Sanskrit

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