Chapter 40 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 40.28

पिता हि राजा काकुत्स्थः श्रीमान् सन्नस्तदा बभौ। परिपूर्णः शशी काले ग्रहेणोपप्लुतो यथा ॥

pitā hi rājā kākutsthaḥ śrīmān sannastadā babhau| paripūrṇaḥ śaśī kāle graheṇopapluto yathā ||

English Meaning

Thereupon Rāma's father, the graceful Kākutstha, became shorn of his splendour, like to the full-moon enveloped at the appointed time during the eclipse.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)