Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.44

सा रामसंकीर्तनवीतशोका रामस्य शोकेन समानशोका। शरन्मुखेनाम्बुदशेषचन्द्रा निशेव वैदेहसुता बभूव ॥

sā rāmasaṃkīrtanavītaśokā rāmasya śokena samānaśokā| śaranmukhenāmbudaśeṣacandrā niśeva vaidehasutā babhūva ||

English Meaning

On hearing about Rāma, Sītā was greatly delighted and she was equally grieved on hearing of his sorrow. And it appeared like the rising of the moon and the appearance of the clouds at the same time in an autumnal night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)