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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Worship before the abhiṣeka. Rāma worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, offers havis and eats its remainder, they sleep on kuśa as Ayodhyā celebrates

In the sequence: before dawn he rises, arranges decorations, performs his morning worship, and has brāhmaṇas pronounce blessings as music fills the city

2.6.5

ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ prativibudhya saḥ
alaṃkāravidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kārayām āsa veśmanaḥ

When but one watch of the night remained, he woke and had the entire decoration of the house carried out.

Words: ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ — when one watch remained; rātryāṃ — in the night; prativibudhya — having woken up; saḥ — he; alaṃkāravidhiṃ — the arrangement of decoration; kṛtsnaṃ — entire; kārayām āsa — had (it) carried out; veśmanaḥ — of the house

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.