प्रकाशीकरणार्थ च निशागमनशङ्कया। दीपवृक्षांस्तथा चक्रुरनुरथ्यासु सर्वशः॥
prakāśīkaraṇārtha ca niśāgamanaśaṅkayā| dīpavṛkṣāṃstathā cakruranurathyāsu sarvaśaḥ||
English Meaning
And fearing lest Rāma should come out over night (to behold the beautified capital), the inhabitants of the city, by way of ornamentation as with the view of beholding Rāma himself, had by the road side reared up lamp-stands in the form of (branched) trees.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)