Chapter 20 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 20.9

तिष्ठतैवात्र संतुष्टा नोपवर्तितुमर्हथ। यदि प्राणैरिहार्थो वो निवर्तघ्नाः॥

tiṣṭhataivātra saṃtuṣṭā nopavartitumarhatha| yadi prāṇairihārtho vo nivartaghnāḥ||

English Meaning

Stay there content you should not move further. If you have a care for your lives, desist, you rangers of the night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)