Chapter 6 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 6.14

ततस्त्वां शरणार्थं च शरण्यं समुपस्थिताः। परिपालयं नो राम वध्यमानान् निशाचरैः॥

tatastvāṃ śaraṇārthaṃ ca śaraṇyaṃ samupasthitāḥ| paripālayaṃ no rāma vadhyamānān niśācaraiḥ||

English Meaning

Therefore, for obtaining refuge, have we come before you who are the refuge (of all). Do you, O Rāma, deliver us all, who are being exceedingly afflicted by the rangers of the night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)