Chapter 9 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 9.21

याश्च्यवन्तेऽम्बरात् ताराः पुण्यशेषसमावृताः। इमास्ताः संगताः कृत्स्ना इति मेने हरिस्तदा॥

yāścyavante'mbarāt tārāḥ puṇyaśeṣasamāvṛtāḥ| imāstāḥ saṃgatāḥ kṛtsnā iti mene haristadā||

English Meaning

“Those stars that drop from the firmament on their virtue deteriorating, have assembled here in a body," thus thought the monkey at that time.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)