[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) › 2.68.20 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.68.20 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.68.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.68.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.20) evam uktā tu surabhiḥ surarājena dhīmatā patyuvāca tato dhīrā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradā > Thus spake the God who rules the skies, > Indra, the Lord supremely wise; > And gentle Surabhi, well learned > In eloquence, this speech returned: > 'Not thine the fault, great God, not thine > And guiltless are the Lords divine: > I mourn two children faint with toil, > Labouring hard in stubborn soil, > Wasted and sad I see them now, > While the sun beats on neck and brow, > Still goaded by the cruel hind,-- > No pity in his savage mind. > O Indra, from this body sprang > These children, worn with many a pang. > For this sad sight I mourn, for none > Is to the mother like her son.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.68.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.19) - [Next: 2.68.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.21) - [Up: 2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.74.p3) — 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.2.68.20) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.68.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.20) · Pramāṇa