Chapter 26 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 26.10

पूर्वोऽयं वार्षिको मासः श्रावणः सलिलागमः। प्रवृत्ताः सौम्य चत्वारो मासा वार्षिकसंज्ञिताः॥ नायमुद्योगसमयः प्रविश त्वं पुरीं शुभाम्। अस्मिन् वत्स्याम्यहं सौम्य पर्वते सहलक्ष्मणः॥

pūrvo'yaṃ vārṣiko māsaḥ śrāvaṇaḥ salilāgamaḥ| pravṛttāḥ saumya catvāro māsā vārṣikasaṃjñitāḥ|| nāyamudyogasamayaḥ praviśa tvaṃ purīṃ śubhām| asmin vatsyāmyahaṃ saumya parvate sahalakṣmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

O gentle one, this month of Sravana, which is the first of those four months which make up the rainy season, has set in and this is not the time therefore enter your auspicious city and I shall live in this mountain along with Lakṣmaṇa.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)