Chapter 114 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 114.12

सम्मूढनिगमां सर्वां संक्षिप्तविपणापणाम्। प्रच्छन्नशशिनक्षत्रां द्यामिवाम्बुधरैर्युताम्॥

sammūḍhanigamāṃ sarvāṃ saṃkṣiptavipaṇāpaṇām| pracchannaśaśinakṣatrāṃ dyāmivāmbudharairyutām||

English Meaning

With her merchants plunged in grief, and her shops and stalls closed; like the welkin covered with clouds, and having its moon and stars hid.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)