Chapter 76 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 76.13

सोऽहं गुरुवचः कुर्वन् पृथिव्यां न वसे निशाम्। तदाप्रभृति काकुत्स्थ कृता मे काश्यपस्य ह॥

so'haṃ guruvacaḥ kurvan pṛthivyāṃ na vase niśām| tadāprabhṛti kākutstha kṛtā me kāśyapasya ha||

English Meaning

In consonance with the words of my spiritual guide, ever since that time I have never spent three nights together on earth. Even this had been promised by me, O Kākutstha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)