[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) › 2.66.37 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.37 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.37) kaccin na brāhmaṇavadhaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit kaccin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ > Then Bharat's soul with fear was stirred > Lest Ráma from the right had erred, > And jealous for ancestral fame, > He put this question to the dame: > 'Has Ráma grasped with lawless hold > A Bráhman's house, or land, or gold? > Has Ráma harmed with ill intent > Some poor or wealthy innocent? > Was Ráma, faithless to his vows, > Enamoured of anothers spouse? > Why was he sent to Dandak's wild, > Like one who kills an unborn child?' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.36) - [Next: 2.66.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.38) - [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.p12) — 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.2.66.37) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.37) · Pramāṇa