न प्रभातं त्वयेच्छामि निशे नक्षत्रभूषणे।
क्रियतां मे दया भद्रे मयायं रचितोऽञ्जलिः॥
na prabhātaṁ tvayecchāmi niśe nakṣatra-bhūṣaṇe
kriyatāṁ me dayā bhadre mayāyaṁ racito ’ñjaliḥ
na = not; prabhātam = dawn [to appear]; tvayā1 icchāmi = I do want; niśe = O night; nakṣatra-bhūṣaṇe = decorated with stars; kriyatām = be; me = upon me; dayā = merciful; bhadre = O auspicious one; mayā = I; ayam2 racitaḥ = join; añjaliḥ = my palms in supplication [and beg you].
“O night decorated with stars, I do not want dawn [to appear]. O auspicious one, I join my palms in supplication [and beg you], ‘Be merciful upon me.’
1 Technical note: tvayā me dayā kriyatām.
2 Technical note: mayā ayam añjaliḥ racitaḥ
1 When there is a conflict between one’s spiritual dharma (Bhāgavata-dharma) and material dharma (Varṇāśrama-dharma), a person interested in liberation from material existence or love of Godhead should resolve the conflict in favor of his spiritual dharma, not in favor of his material dharma. Of course, such a person should not take recourse to adharma.
In this section, we notice Daśaratha criticizing Kaikeyī and appeasing her again and again. From this, it is inferred that Daśaratha thought that he could neither give up dharma nor his son.
NOTE. But Daśaratha was wrong in his understanding of how to follow Vedic dharma when there is a conflict between spiritual dharma and material dharma. This was already noted in the commentary to 1.1.22:
Firstly, Daśaratha carried out his supreme obligation (of preparing to coronate Lord Rāma) with the understanding that [will be later expressed as] rāmo vigrahavān dharmaḥ, “Rāma is the very personification of Vedic dharma.” (Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.13) Then, he rejected that very supreme obligation and took shelter of his insignificant obligation to a woman. This is like giving up a proven reliable means of accomplishment and taking shelter of a means of accomplishment that is both unreliable and as insignificant as a blade of grass. Those who desire to attain liberation in order to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead should note that they should not follow Daśaratha by giving up their supreme obligation in order to carry out their insignificant obligations.1