Chapter 43 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 43.45

स तु देशो विसूर्योऽपि तस्य भासा प्रकाशते। सूर्यलक्ष्म्याभिविज्ञेयस्तपतेव विवस्वता ॥

sa tu deśo visūryo'pi tasya bhāsā prakāśate| sūryalakṣmyābhivijñeyastapateva vivasvatā ||

English Meaning

Albeit without the sun, yet through the brightness of the Soma mountain, the land shines forth with all the loveliness and reality of one warmed by the sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)