Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.3

अस्मिन् निपतिते भूमौ हपृक्षाणां गणेश्वरे। नष्टचन्द्रमिव व्योम न व्यराजत मेदिनी॥

asmin nipatite bhūmau hapṛkṣāṇāṃ gaṇeśvare| naṣṭacandramiva vyoma na vyarājata medinī||

English Meaning

That lord of monkeys being levelled to the ground, his kingdom appeared like to the sky, shorn of the Moon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)