अथाध्वनि परिश्रान्तमर्धरात्रे स्थितं बलम्। सुखसुप्तं समासाद्य चरितं प्रथमं चरैः॥
athādhvani pariśrāntamardharātre sthitaṃ balam| sukhasuptaṃ samāsādya caritaṃ prathamaṃ caraiḥ||
English Meaning
Then at midnight (my) spies coming to that host, thus stationed, fatigued from travel, and sleeping soundly (in consequence), first ranged it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)