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)