Chapter 22 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 22.7

अध्यर्धयोजनं गत्वा सरय्वा दक्षिणे तटे॥ रामेति मधुरां वाणीं विश्वामित्रोऽभ्यभाषत। गृहाण वत्स सलिलं माभूत् कालस्य पर्ययः॥

adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe|| rāmeti madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata| gṛhāṇa vatsa salilaṃ mābhūt kālasya paryayaḥ||

English Meaning

And having proceeded over half a Yojana, and arriving at the right bank of the Sarayū, Viśvāmitra addressed these sweet words to Rāma, O Rāma! do you, O child, take of this water: let no delay occur.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)