Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 6
एकयामावशिष्टायां रात्र्यां प्रतिविबुद्ध्य सः। अलङ्कारविधिं कृत्स्नं कारयामास वेश्मनः
ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ prativibuddhya saḥ| alaṅkāravidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kārayāmāsa veśmanaḥ
He got up (Rama) with one yama (three hours) of the night still left, and had his entire residence decorated.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Rama rises with three hours of night still left. The pre-dawn darkness is the hour of creation — the most sacred time for ritual. He decorates his residence before first light, as though preparing the world itself for the sunrise that will crown him.
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