Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Text 2.63.1
प्रतिबुद्धो मुहूर्तेन शोकोपहतचेतनः।
अथ राजा दशरथः स चिन्तामभ्यपद्यत॥
pratibuddho muhūrtena śokopahata-cetanaḥ
atha rājā daśarathaḥ sa cintām abhyapadyata
pratibuddhaḥ = woke up; muhūrtena = after a muhūrta; śoka-upahata-cetanaḥ = his mind was overwhelmed in distress; atha1 rājā = king; daśarathaḥ = Daśaratha; saḥ = and he; cintām abhyapadyata = became worried.
King Daśaratha woke up after a muhūrta. His mind was overwhelmed in distress and he became worried.
1 Technical note: atha muhūrtena pratibuddhaḥ.