Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.3

उचितोऽयं जनः सर्वः क्लेशानां त्वं सुखोचितः। गुप्त्यर्थं जागरिष्यामः काकुत्स्थस्य वयं निशाम्॥

ucito'yaṃ janaḥ sarvaḥ kleśānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ| guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmaḥ kākutsthasya vayaṃ niśām||

English Meaning

These (foresters) are inured to this hardship; but you are worthy of ease. We will wake up during the night for guarding Kākutstha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)