[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) › 2.66.32 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.32 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.32) tac chrutvā viṣasādaiva dvitīyā priyaśaṃsanāt viṣaṇṇavadano bhūtvā bhūyaḥ papraccha mātaram > He heard, yet deeper in despair, > Her lips this double woe declare, > And with sad brow that showed his pain > Questioned his mother thus again: > 'But where is he, of virtue tried, > Who fills Kaus'alyá's heart with pride, > Where is the noble Ráma? where > Is Lakshman brave, and Sítá fair?' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.31) - [Next: 2.66.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.33) - [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.p10) — 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.2.66.32) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.32) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.32) · Pramāṇa