[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) › 2.69.9 # The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 2.69.9 Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.69.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.69.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69.9) atha vā svayam evāhaṃ sumitrānucarā sukham agnihotraṃ puraskṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ > Kaus'alyá heard, she raised ner head. > And quickly to Sumitrá said: > 'Bharat, Kaikeyí's son, is here,-- > Hers whose fell deeds I loathe and fear: > That youth of foresight keen I fain > Would meet and see his face again.' > Thus to Sumitrá spake the dame, > And straight to Bharat's presence came > With altered mien, neglected dress, > Trembling and faint with sore distress. > Bharat, S'atrughna by his side, > To meet her, toward her palace hied. > And when the royal dame they viewed > Distressed with dire solicitude, > Sad, fallen senseless on the ground, > About her neck their arms they wound. > The noble matron prostrate there, > Embraced, with tears, the weeping pair, > And with her load of grief oppressed, > To Bharat then these words addressed: > 'Now all is thine, without a foe, > This realm for which thou longest so. > Ah, soon Kaikeyí's ruthless hand > Has won the empire of the land, > And made my guiltless Ráma flee > Dressed like some lonely devotee. > Herein what profit has the queen, > Whose eye delights in havoc, seen? > Me also, me 'twere surely good > To banish to the distant wood, > To dwell amid the shades that hold > My famous son with limbs like gold. > Nay, with the sacred fire to guide, > Will I, Sumitrá by my side, > Myself to the drear wood repair > And seek the son of Raghu there. > This land which rice and golden corn > And wealth of every kind adorn, > Car, elephant, and steed, and gem,-- > She makes thee lord of it and them.' > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse - [Previous: 2.69.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69.8) - [Next: 2.69.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69.10) - [Up: 2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69) ## Translations (1) - [The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki~en-griffith.2.75.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.2.69.9) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*southern.2.69.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.2.69.9) · Pramāṇa