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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.4

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 munis explain that Viśvāmitra will remain silent during his dīkṣā and that they must guard him for six nights

1.29.4

adya prabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām
dīkṣāṃ gato hy eṣa munir maunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati

“From this day, for six nights, do you two Rāghavas keep guard; for this sage has entered upon consecration and will observe silence.”

Words: adya — today; prabhṛti — beginning from, henceforth; ṣaḍrātraṃ — for six nights; rakṣataṃ — keep guard, protect (2nd dual); rāghavau — O two Rāghavas; yuvām — you two; dīkṣāṃ — consecration; gato — having entered upon, gone to; hy — for; eṣa — this; munir — sage; maunitvaṃ — silence, a state of muni-silence; ca — and; gamiṣyati — will observe, go to

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.