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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.29.7

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: on the sixth day Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa to stay alert → the altar blazes as the ritual proceeds, and a terrifying noise rises overhead

1.29.7

atha kāle gate tasmin ṣaṣṭhe 'hani samāgate
saumitram abravīd rāmo yatto bhava samāhitaḥ

Then, when that time had passed and the sixth day had come, Rāma said to Saumitri: “Be alert and attentive.”

Words: atha — then; kāle gate tasmin — when that time had passed; ṣaṣṭhe — on the sixth; 'hani — day; samāgate — having arrived, come; saumitram — to Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); abravīd — said; rāmo — Rāma; yatto — alert, ready; bhava — be; samāhitaḥ — attentive, composed

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.