Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.19

तस्मात् त्वयाद्यप्रभृति निशेयं नियतात्मना। सह वध्वोपवस्तव्या दर्भप्रस्तरशायिना॥

tasmāt tvayādyaprabhṛti niśeyaṃ niyatātmanā| saha vadhvopavastavyā darbhaprastaraśāyinā||

English Meaning

Therefore do you along with my daughter-inlaw, commencing from sun-set, serving the prescribed restrictions, and lying down on a bed of Kusa grass, spend the night in fast.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)