[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) › 2.66.12 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.12 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.12) rājā bhavati bhūyiṣṭham ihāmbāyā niveśane tam ahaṃ nādya paśyāmi draṣṭum icchann ihāgataḥ > Unoccupied I now behold > This couch of thine adorned with gold, > And each of King Ikshváku's race > Appears with dark and gloomy face. > The king is aye, my mother dear, > Most constant in his visits here. > To meet my sire I sought this spot: > How is it that I find him not? > I long to clasp my father's feet: > Say where he lingers, I entreat. > Perchance the monarch may be seen > Where dwells Kaus'alyá, eldest queen.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.11) - [Next: 2.66.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.13) - [Up: 2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.72.p3) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Rāmāyaṇabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit - [Tilaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tilaka) — Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka-makhin) — Tryambaka Makhin, Sanskrit - [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka) — Tryambaka, Sanskrit - [Kalpavallikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!bommakanti-nrsimhasastrin) — Bommakanti Nṛsiṃhaśāstrin, Sanskrit - [Rāmāyaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!nrsimha) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit - [Munibhāvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!munibhavaprakasika) — Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Critical edition, Ayodhyā- and Araṇyakāṇḍa (revised e-text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit-revised.2.66.12) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.12) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c5.137) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c6.s2.6) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English - [Das Rāmāyaṇa: Geschichte und Inhalt nebst Concordanz der gedruckten Recensionen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.jacobi-1893.c5.s5.21) — Hermann Jacobi, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.12) · Pramāṇa