Ramayana
अथ रात्र्यां प्रपन्नायां कालरात्र्यामिवात्मनः । अर्धरात्रे दशरथः कौशल्यामिदमब्रवीत् ॥ २-४२-३३
In the middle of the night which, for him, felt like the night of death Dasaratha said to Kausalya thus ॥ 2-42-33॥
english translation
atha rAtryAM prapannAyAM kAlarAtryAmivAtmanaH । ardharAtre dazarathaH kauzalyAmidamabravIt ॥ 2-42-33
hk transliteration by Sanscript