Chapter 69 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 69.4

वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च जाबालिरथ कश्यपः। मार्कण्डेयस्तु दीर्घायुर्ऋषिः कात्यायनस्तथा॥ एते द्विजाः प्रयान्त्वने स्यन्दनं योजयस्व मे। यथा कालात्ययो न स्याद् दूता हि त्वरयन्ति माम्।।५।

vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca jābāliratha kaśyapaḥ| mārkaṇḍeyastu dīrghāyurṛṣiḥ kātyāyanastathā|| ete dvijāḥ prayāntvane syandanaṃ yojayasva me| yathā kālātyayo na syād dūtā hi tvarayanti mām||5|

English Meaning

And let Vasiştha and Vamadeva and Jābāli and Kasyapa and Mārkandeya endowed with long life and the saint Katyāyana-let these regenerate ones go forward. And do you also yoke my car. Let not the proper time pass away; for the envoys urge speed upon me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)