[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) › 2.66.35 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.35 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.35) sa hi rājasutaḥ putra cīravāsā mahāvanam daṇḍakān saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇānucaro gataḥ > Thus pressed, the queen began to tell > The story as each thing befell, > And gave her son in words like these, > The mournful news she meant to please: > 'The prince is gone in hermit dress > To Dandak's mighty wilderness, > And Lakshman brave and Sítá share > The wanderings of the exile there.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.34) - [Next: 2.66.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.36) - [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.p11) — 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.2.66.35) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.35) · Pramāṇa