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)