Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 6: The Residents of Kosala Prepare to Celebrate Rāma’s CoronationText 2.6.5
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 6: The Residents of Kosala Prepare to Celebrate Rāma’s Coronation
Text 2.6.5
एकयामावशिष्टायां रात्र्यां प्रतिविबुध्य सः।
अलङ्कारविधिं कृत्स्नं कारयामास वेश्मनः॥
eka-yāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṁ rātryāṁ prativibudhya saḥ
alaṅkāra-vidhiṁ kṛtsnaṁ kārayām āsa veśmanaḥ
eka-yāma-avaśiṣṭāyām = one prahara before the end of; rātryām = the night; prativibudhya = woke up and then; saḥ = He; alaṅkāra-vidhim = decorated according to scriptural regulations 2; kṛtsnam = completely; kārayām āsa = had; veśmanaḥ = His home.
He woke up one prahara before the end of the night and then had His home completely decorated according to scriptural regulations.