Chapter 16 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 16.17

हर्षरश्मिभिरुद्योतं तस्यान्तः पुरमाबभौ। शारदस्याभिरामस्य चन्द्रस्येव नभोंऽशुभिः॥

harṣaraśmibhirudyotaṃ tasyāntaḥ puramābabhau| śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabhoṃ'śubhiḥ||

English Meaning

And Dasaratha's inner apartment, being graced with the rays of joy, looked like the welkin flooded with the lovely beams of the autumnal moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)