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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras. Rāma casts Mārīca into the sea with the Mānava astra, kills Subāhu with the Āgneya astra and defeats the remaining rākṣasas with the Vāyavya astra, allowing the yajña to finish

In the sequence: The brothers ask when the attackers are expected so they can be ready

1.29.2

bhagavañ śrotum icchāvo yasmin kāle niśācarau
saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brahman nātivarteta tatkṣaṇam

“Venerable one, we wish to hear at what time the two night-rangers (will come), those two who are to be guarded against, O brahmin — let that moment not slip by us.”

Words: bhagavañ — O venerable one; śrotum — to hear; icchāvo — we two wish; yasmin — in which; kāle — time; niśācarau — the two night-rangers (dual); saṃrakṣaṇīyau — to be guarded against, watched for (dual); tau — those two; brahman — O brahmin; nātivarteta — let (it) not slip by, pass unheeded; tatkṣaṇam — that moment

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.