Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.35

उचितं च महाबाहुर्न जहौ हर्षमात्मवान्। शारदः समुदीर्णांशुश्चन्द्रस्तेज इवात्मजम्॥

ucitaṃ ca mahābāhurna jahau harṣamātmavān| śāradaḥ samudīrṇāṃśuścandrasteja ivātmajam||

English Meaning

Like to the rays of the fully brilliant autumnal moon, that hero of mighty arms, having control over himself, did not forsake his native cheerfulness.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)