[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) › 2.66.2 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.2 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.2) anuprāptaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyī proṣitaṃ sutam utpapāta tadā hṛṣṭā tyaktvā sauvarṇamānasaṃ > He entered in, he looked around, > Nor in the house his father found; > Then to his mother's dwelling, bent > To see her face, he quickly went. > She saw her son, so long away, > Returning after many a day, > And from her golden seat in joy > Sprung forward to her darling boy. > Within the bower, no longer bright, > Came Bharat lover of the right, > And bending with observance sweet > Clasped his dear mother's lovely feet. > Long kisses on his brow she pressed, > And held her hero to her breast, > Then fondly drew him to her knees, > And questioned him in words like these: > 'How many nights have fled, since thou > Leftest thy grandsire's home, till now? > By flying steeds so swiftly borne, > Art thou not weak and travel-worn? > How fares the king my father, tell: > Is Yudhájit thine uncle well? > And now, my son, at length declare > The pleasure of the visit there.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.1) - [Next: 2.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.3) - [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.p1) — 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.2.66.2) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.2) · Pramāṇa