Chapter 30 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 30.4

अद्यप्रभृति षड्रात्रं रक्षतां राघवौ युवाम्। दीक्षां गतो ह्येष मुनिौनित्वं च गमिष्यति॥

adyaprabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣatāṃ rāghavau yuvām| dīkṣāṃ gato hyeṣa muniaunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati||

English Meaning

For six nights from to-day, you should protects us. This ascetic has been initiated into the sacrifice, and must, therefore, observe taciturnity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)