[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) › 2.68.28 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.68.28 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.68.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.68.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.28) iti nāga ivāraṇye tomarāṅkuśacoditaḥ papāta bhuvi saṃkruddho niḥśvasann iva pannagaḥ > Thus like an elephant forced to brook > The goading of the driver's hook, > Quick panting like a serpent maimed, > He fell to earth with rage inflamed. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.68.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.27) - [Next: 2.68.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.29) - [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.p5) — 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.2.68.28) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.68.28) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.28) · Pramāṇa