Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.23

ततः प्रभातां रजनीमुदिते च दिवाकरे। पुण्ये नक्षत्रयोगे च मुहूर्ते च समागते॥ वसिष्ठो गुणसम्पन्नः शिष्यैः परिवृतस्तथा। उपगृह्याशु सम्भारान् प्रविवेश पुरोत्तमम्॥

tataḥ prabhātāṃ rajanīmudite ca divākare| puṇye nakṣatrayoge ca muhūrte ca samāgate|| vasiṣṭho guṇasampannaḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtastathā| upagṛhyāśu sambhārān praviveśa purottamam||

English Meaning

Then when the night had gone by and day broke and the Sun arose, and when the sacred astral hour had arrived, Vasistha endowed with many virtues, surrounded by his disciples and furnished with the provisions, entered that foremost of cities.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)