[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) › 2.65.7 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.65.7 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.65.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.65.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.7) toraṇaṃ dakṣiṇārdhena jambūprastham upāgamat varūthaṃ ca yayau ramyaṃ grāmaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ > Then Bharat's face was eastward bent > As from the royal town he went. > He reached Sudámá's farther side, > And glorious, gazed upon the tide; > Passed Hládiní, and saw her toss > Her westering billows hard to cross. > Then old Ikshváku's famous son > O'er S'atadrú his passage won, > Near Ailadhána on the strand, > And came to Aparparyat's land. > O'er S'ilás flood he hurried fast, > Akurvatí's fair stream he passed, > Crossed o'er A'gneya's rapid rill, > And S'alyakartan onward still. > S'ilávahá's swift stream he eyed, > True to his vows and purified. > Then crossed the lofty hills, and stood > In Chaitraratha's mighty wood. > He reached the confluence where meet > Sarasvatí and Gangá fleet, > And through Bhárunda forest, spread > Northward of Víramatsya, sped. > He sought Kalinda's child, who fills > The soul with joy, begirt by hills, > Reached Yamuná and passing o'er, > Rested his army on the shore: > He gave his horses food and rest, > Bathed reeking limb and drooping crest. > They drank their fill and bathed them there, > And water for their journey bare. > Thence through a mighty wood he sped > All wild and uninhabited, > As in fair chariot through the skies, > Most fair in shape a Storm-God flies. > At Ans'udhána Gangá, hard > To cross, his onward journey barred, > So turning quickly thence he came > To Prágvat's city dear to fame. > There having gained the farther side > To Kutikoshtiká he hied: > The stream he crossed, and onward then > To Dharmavardhan brought his men. > Thence, leaving Toran on the north. > To Jambuprastha journeyed forth. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse > Then onward to a pleasant grove > By fair Varúha's town he drove, > And when a while he there had stayed, > Went eastward from the friendly shade. > Eastward of Ujjiháná where > The Priyak trees are tall and fair, > He passed, and rested there each steed > Kxhausted with the journey's speed. > There orders to his men addressed, > With quickened pace he onward pressed, > A while at Sarvatirtha spent, > Then o'er Uttániká he went. > O'er many a stream beside he sped > With coursers on the mountains bred, > And passing Hastiprishthak, took > The road o'er Kutikás fair brook. > Then, at Lohitya's village, he > Crossed o'er the swift Kapívatí, > Then passed, where Ekas'ála stands, > The Sthánumatís flood and sands, > And Gomatí of fair renown > By Vinata's delightful town. > When to Kalinga near he drew, > A wood of Sal trees charmed the view; > That passed, the sun began to rise, > And Bharat saw with happy eyes, > Ayodhá's city, built and planned > By ancient Manu's royal hand, > Seven nights upon the road had passed, > And when he saw the town at last > Before him in her beauty spread, > Thus Bharat to the driver said: > 'This glorious city from afar, > Wherein pure groves and gardens are, > Seems to my eager eyes to-day > A lifeless pile of yellow clay. > Through all her streets where erst a throng > Of men and women streamed along, > Uprose the multitudinous roar: > To-day I hear that sound no more. > No longer do mine eyes behold > The leading people, as of old, > On elephants, cars, horses, go > Abroad and homeward, to and fro. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.65.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.6) - [Next: 2.65.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.8) - [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.p1.1) — 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.2.65.7) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.65.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.65.7) · Pramāṇa