Chapter 42 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 42.11

निवृत्यैव निवृत्यैव सीदतो रथवर्मसु। नाज्ञो नातिबभौ रूपं ग्रस्तस्यांशुमतो यथा॥

nivṛtyaiva nivṛtyaiva sīdato rathavarmasu| nājño nātibabhau rūpaṃ grastasyāṃśumato yathā||

English Meaning

Having stopped again and again, the visage of the monarch lamenting on beholding the track of the car, appeared dim like the Moon invaded by Rāhu,

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)