Chapter 5 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 5.12

इहैव सह वैदेह्या मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ लक्ष्मण। यावज्जानाम्यहं व्यक्तं क्व एष द्युतिमान् रथे॥

ihaiva saha vaidehyā muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha lakṣmaṇa| yāvajjānāmyahaṃ vyaktaṃ kva eṣa dyutimān rathe||

English Meaning

O Laksmana, stay here awhile with Vaidehi, so long as I do not gather who it is that is in the effulgent car.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)