Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.28

ध्रुवमद्य पुरी राम अयोध्याऽऽयुधिनां वर। निष्प्रभा त्वयि निष्क्रान्ते गतचन्द्रव शर्वरी॥

dhruvamadya purī rāma ayodhyā''yudhināṃ vara| niṣprabhā tvayi niṣkrānte gatacandrava śarvarī||

English Meaning

Surely, O Rama, O foremost of warriors, on your having come out, the city of Ayodhyā is shorn of its splendour like the night deprived of the moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)