अथ रात्र्यां प्रपन्नायां कालरात्र्यामिवात्मनः। अर्धरात्रे दशरथः कौशल्यामिदमब्रवीत्।।2.42.33।।
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English Translation
अथ then, दशरथः Dasaratha, आत्मनः for himself, कालरात्र्यामिव like the night of death, रात्र्याम् night, प्रपन्नायाम् had set in, अर्धरात्रे in the middle of the night, कौशल्याम् addressing Kausalya, इदम् these words, अब्रवीत् spoke.
English Commentary
In the middle of the night which, for him, felt like the night of death Dasaratha said to Kausalya thus: