[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) › 2.66.30 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.30 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.30) imāṃ tu paścimāṃ vācaṃ vyājahāra pitā tava kāla dharmaparikṣiptaḥ pāśair iva mahāgajaḥ > Thus closely questioned by the youth, > Kaikeyi spoke the mournful truth: > 'The high-souled monarch wept and sighed, > For Ráma, Sítá, Lakshman, cried, > Then, best of all who go to bliss, > Passed to the world which follows this. > 'Ah, blessed are the people who > Shall Ráma and his Sítá view, > And Lakshman of the mighty arm, > Returning free from scathe and harm.' > Such were the words, the last of all, > Thy father, ere he died, let fall, > By Fate and Death's dread coils enwound, > As some great elephant is bound.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.29) - [Next: 2.66.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.31) - [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.p9) — 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.2.66.30) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.30) · Pramāṇa