[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) › 2.66.7 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.66.7 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.66.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.7) evaṃ pṛṣṭhas tu kaikeyyā priyaṃ pārthivanandanaḥ ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvaṃ mātre rājīvalocanaḥ > Thus to the offspring of the king > She spake with tender questioning, > And to his mother made reply > Young Bharat of the lotus eye: > 'The seventh night has come and fled > Since from my grandsire's home I sped: > My mother's sire is well, and he, > Yudhájit, from all trouble free. > The gold and every precious thing > Presented by the conqueror king, > The slower guards behind convey: > I left them weary on the way. > Urged by the men my father sent, > My hasty course I hither bent: > Now, I implore, an answer deign, > And all I wish to know, explain. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.6) - [Next: 2.66.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.8) - [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.p2) — 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.2.66.7) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.66.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.66.7) · Pramāṇa