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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 14]
urvaśyā uraṇau jahrur nyastau rājani jāyayā
te —they, the Gandharvas;  upetya —coming there;  mahā-rātre —in the dead of night;  tamasi —when the darkness;  pratyupasthite —appeared;  urvaśyā —by Urvaśī;  uraṇau —two lambs;  jahruḥ —stole;  nyastau —given in charge;  rājani —unto the King;  jāyayā —by his wife, Urvaśī.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Gandharvas came to earth, and at midnight, when everything was dark, they appeared in the house of Purūravā and stole the two lambs entrusted to the King by his wife, Urvaśī.
PURPORT
“The dead of night” refers to midnight. The  mahā-niśā  is described in this  smṛti-mantra :  mahā-niśā dve ghaṭike rātre madhyama-yāmayoḥ , “Twelve o’clock midnight is called the dead of night.”
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निशम्याकन्दितं देवी पुत्रयोर्नीयमानयोः । हतास्म्यहं कुनाथेन नपुंसा वीरमानिना ॥२८॥
niśamyākranditam devī putrayor nīyamānayoḥ hatāsmy aham kunāthena napuṁsā vīra-māninā
niśamya —by hearing;  ākranditam —crying (because of being stolen);  devī —Urvaśī;  putrayoḥ —of those two lambs, which she treated as sons;  nīyamānayoḥ —as they were being taken away;  hatā —killed;  asmi —am;  aham —I;  ku-nāthena —under the protection of a bad husband;  na-puṁsā —by the eunuch;  vīra-māninā —although considering himself a hero.