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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.5

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: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa keep watch without sleeping for six days and nights

1.29.5

tau tu tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau
anidrau ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanam arakṣatām

The two illustrious princes, hearing those words, sleepless, for six days and nights guarded the penance-grove.

Words: tau — the two; tu — and; tad vacanaṃ — those words; śrutvā — having heard; rājaputrau — the two princes; yaśasvinau — illustrious (dual); anidrau — sleepless (dual); ṣaḍahorātraṃ — for six days and nights; tapovanam — the penance-grove; arakṣatām — the two guarded, protected

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.