Chapter 6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 6.4

एकयामावशिष्टायां रात्र्यां प्रतिविबुध्य सः। अलंकारविधिं सम्यक् कारयामास वेश्मनः॥

ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ prativibudhya saḥ| alaṃkāravidhiṃ samyak kārayāmāsa veśmanaḥ||

English Meaning

When a single watch only remained of the night, Rāma awoke, and made his residence well decorated.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)