Chapter 5 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 5.15

इहोपयात्यसौ रामो यावन्मां नाभिभाषते। निष्ठां नयत तावत् तु ततो माद्रष्टुमर्हति॥

ihopayātyasau rāmo yāvanmāṃ nābhibhāṣate| niṣṭhāṃ nayata tāvat tu tato mādraṣṭumarhati||

English Meaning

Rāma is coming hither. Do you set out for another place, ere he yet addresses me. He is not fit to behold me (now.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)