Chapter 100 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 100.15

कच्चिन्निद्रावशं नैषि कच्चित् कालेऽवबुध्यसे। कच्चिच्चापररात्रेषु चिन्तयस्यर्थनैपुणम्॥

kaccinnidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle'vabudhyase| kacciccāpararātreṣu cintayasyarthanaipuṇam||

English Meaning

You have not come under the sway of sleep? and you awake at the proper hour? And do you during the short hours revolve the means of acquiring wealth?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)