Chapter 114 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 114.10

सहसाचरितां स्थानान्महीं पुण्यक्षयाद् गताम्। संहृतद्युतिविस्तारां तारामिव दिवश्च्युताम्॥

sahasācaritāṃ sthānānmahīṃ puṇyakṣayād gatām| saṃhṛtadyutivistārāṃ tārāmiva divaścyutām||

English Meaning

Like a star on the expiration of its virtue, moving from its place and dislodged from heaven, dropping to the earth with its brightness contracted.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)