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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.6

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

1.29.6

upāsāṃ cakratur vīrau yattau paramadhanvinau
rarakṣatur munivaraṃ viśvāmitram ariṃdamau

The two heroes, alert, the foremost of bowmen, waited upon him; and the two tamers of foes guarded the excellent sage Viśvāmitra.

Words: upāsāṃ cakratur — the two waited upon, attended; vīrau — the two heroes; yattau — alert, ready (dual); paramadhanvinau — the foremost of bowmen (dual); rarakṣatur — the two guarded; munivaraṃ — the excellent sage; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; ariṃdamau — the two tamers of foes

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.