Chapter 76 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 76.8

विधवा पृथिवी राजंस्त्वया हीना न राजते। हीनचन्द्रव रजनी नगरी प्रतिभाति माम्॥

vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃstvayā hīnā na rājate| hīnacandrava rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām||

English Meaning

Widowed in consequence of losing you, this earth does not look graceful. The city appears to me like the night deprived of the Moon

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)