Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.2

अद्येयं प्रथमा रात्रिर्याता जनपदाद् बहिः। या सुमन्त्रेण रहिता तां नोत्कण्ठितुमर्हसि ॥

adyeyaṃ prathamā rātriryātā janapadād bahiḥ| yā sumantreṇa rahitā tāṃ notkaṇṭhitumarhasi ||

English Meaning

To day is the first night (which we must spend) outside the inhabited tracts without the company of Sumantra.. You ought not to suffer your mind to be uneasy on that score.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)