[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) › 2.66.16 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.16 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.16) tataḥ śokena saṃvītaḥ pitur maraṇaduḥkhitaḥ vilalāpa mahātejā bhrāntākulitacetanaḥ > When Bharat pious, pure, and true, > Heard the sad words which pierced him through, > Grieved for the sire he loved so well > Prostrate upon the ground he fell: > Down fell the strong-armed hero, high > Tossing his arms, and a sad cry, > 'Ah, woe is me, unhappy, slain!' > Burst from his lips again, again, > Afflicted for his father's fate > By grief's intolerable weight, > With every sense amazed and cowed > The splendid hero wailed aloud: > 'Ah me, my royal father's bed > Of old a gentle radiance shed, > Like the pure sky when clouds are past, > And the moon's light is o'er it cast: > Ah, of its wisest lord bereft, > It shows to-day faint radiance left, > As when the moon has left the sky. > Or mighty Ocean's depths are dry.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.15) - [Next: 2.66.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.17) - [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.p5) — 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.2.66.16) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Rāmāyaṇakathāsandoha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.ramayanakathasandoha.27.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.16) · Pramāṇa