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# The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.68.29

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.68.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.68.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.29)

saṃraktanetraḥ śithilāmbaras tadā vidhūtasarvābharaṇaḥ paraṃtapaḥ  
babhūva bhūmau patito nṛpātmajaḥ śacīpateḥ ketur ivotsavakṣaye

> 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

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## 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

## Commentaries (7)

- [Rāmāyaṇabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Tilaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tilaka) — Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka-makhin) — Tryambaka Makhin, Sanskrit
- [Dharmākūtam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!tryambaka) — Tryambaka, Sanskrit
- [Kalpavallikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!bommakanti-nrsimhasastrin) — Bommakanti Nṛsiṃhaśāstrin, Sanskrit
- [Rāmāyaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!nrsimha) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit
- [Munibhāvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki!munibhavaprakasika) — Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Critical edition, Ayodhyā- and Araṇyakāṇḍa (revised e-text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit-revised.2.68.29) — Sanskrit
- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.68.29) — Sanskrit

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