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)