Chapter 44 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 44.9

शयानमनघं रात्रौ पितेवाभिपरिष्वजन्। धर्मघ्नः संस्पृशञ्छीतश्चन्द्रमा ह्लादयिष्यति॥

śayānamanaghaṃ rātrau pitevābhipariṣvajan| dharmaghnaḥ saṃspṛśañchītaścandramā hlādayiṣyati||

English Meaning

And when he will lie down at night, the Moon touching him with his beams and embracing him even like his own father, will gladden his heart.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)