[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) › 2.68.5 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.68.5 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.68.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.68.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.5) yat tvayā hīdṛśaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ ghoreṇa karmaṇā sarvalokapriyaṃ hitvā mamāpy āpāditaṃ bhayam > When Bharat's anger-sharpened tongue > Reproaches on the queen had flung, > Again, with mighty rage possessed, > The guilty dame he thus addressed: > 'Flee, cruel, wicked sinner, flee, > Let not this kingdom harbour thee. > Thou who hast thrown all right aside, > Ween thou for me when I have died. > Canst thou one charge against the king, > Or the most duteous Ráma bring? > The one thy sin to death has sent, > The other chased to banishment. > Our line's destroyer, sin defiled > Like one who kills an unborn child, > Ne'er with thy lord in heaven to dwell, > Thy portion shall be down in hell > Because thy hand, that stayed for naught, > This awful wickedness has wrought, > And ruined him whom all held dear, > My bosom too is stirred with fear. > My father by thy sin is dead, > And Ráma to the wood is fled; > And of thy deed I bear the stain, > And fameless in the world remain. > Ambitious, evil-souled. in show > My mother, yet my direst foe. > My throning ne'er thine eyes shall bless, > Thy husband's wicked murderess. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.68.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.4) - [Next: 2.68.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.6) - [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.p1) — 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.2.68.5) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.68.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.68.5) · Pramāṇa