Chapter 30 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 30.2

भगवञ्छोतुमिच्छावो यस्मिन् काले निशाचरौ। संरक्षणीयौ तौ ब्रूहि नातिवर्तेत तत्क्षणम्॥

bhagavañchotumicchāvo yasmin kāle niśācarau| saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brūhi nātivarteta tatkṣaṇam||

English Meaning

O adorable one, do you tell us as to the time when we should oppose those rangers of the night! Let not that hour pass away!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)