[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) › 2.66.18 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.18 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.18) tam ārtaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ samīkṣya patitaṃ bhuvi utthāpayitvā śokārtaṃ vacanaṃ cedam abravīt > With choking sobs, with many a tear. > Pierced to the heart with grief sincere, > The best of conquerors poured his sighs, > And with his robe veiled face and eyes. > Kaikeyí saw him fallen there, > Godlike, afflicted, in despair, > Used every art to move him thence, > And tried him thus with eloquence: > 'Arise, arise, my dearest; why > Wilt thou, famed Prince, so lowly lie? > Not by such grief as this are moved > Good men like thee, by all approved. > The earth thy father nobly swayed, > And rites to Heaven he duly paid. > At length his race of life was run: > Thou shouldst not mourn for him, my son.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.17) - [Next: 2.66.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.19) - [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.p6) — 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.2.66.18) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.18) · Pramāṇa