प्रहरस्यार्धमात्रं ते तत आमुद्रितेक्षणाः ।उत्स्वप्नमाययुर्निद्रां क्षणाद्विद्रावितश्रमाम्
In plain words
Then, for only half a watch, their eyes closed, they passed into dreaming sleep that in an instant drove their weariness away.
प्रहरस्यार्धमात्रं ते तत आमुद्रितेक्षणाः ।उत्स्वप्नमाययुर्निद्रां क्षणाद्विद्रावितश्रमाम्
Then, for only half a watch, their eyes closed, they passed into dreaming sleep that in an instant drove their weariness away.