अथ रात्र्यां प्रपन्नायां कालरात्र्यामिवात्मनः। अर्धरात्रे दशरथः कौसल्यामिदमब्रवीत्॥
atha rātryāṃ prapannāyāṃ kālarātryāmivātmanaḥ| ardharātre daśarathaḥ kausalyāmidamabravīt||
English Meaning
Then when the night had come like to his own fatal night, Dasaratha at mid-night addressed Kausalyā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)