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)