Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.20

स च ताभिः परिवृतः शुशुभे राक्षसाधिपः। यथा झुडुपतिः श्रीमांस्ताराभिरिव संवृतः॥

sa ca tābhiḥ parivṛtaḥ śuśubhe rākṣasādhipaḥ| yathā jhuḍupatiḥ śrīmāṃstārābhiriva saṃvṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

And surrounded by them, the Rākṣasa chief resembled the fair Moon encircled by the stars.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)