Chapter 34 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 34.14

गतोऽर्धरात्रः काकुत्स्थ कथाः कथयतो मम। निद्रामभ्येहि भद्रं ते मा भूद् विघ्नोऽध्वनीह नः॥

gato'rdharātraḥ kākutstha kathāḥ kathayato mama| nidrāmabhyehi bhadraṃ te mā bhūd vighno'dhvanīha naḥ||

English Meaning

But, O Kākutstha, while I was speaking, half the night has been spent. Do you now sleep, good betide you, so that you may not feel any difficulty while on the journey.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)