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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: they strengthen understanding, readiness of reply, and other excellences, and prevent hunger and thirst when recited on the road

1.21.11

na śramo na jvaro vā te na rūpasya viparyayaḥ
na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā dharṣayiṣyanti nairṛtāḥ

You will have no fatigue, nor fever, nor any alteration of your form; and the rākṣasas will not assail you, whether asleep or off your guard.

Words: na — not, no; śramo — fatigue; na — nor; jvaro — fever; vā — or; te — your, to you; na — nor; rūpasya — of form; viparyayaḥ — alteration, change; na — not; ca — and; suptaṃ — asleep; pramattaṃ — off guard, heedless; vā — or; dharṣayiṣyanti — will assail; nairṛtāḥ — the rākṣasas (descendants of Nirṛti)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.