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)