Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.39

कपिभ्यामुह्यमानौ तौ शुशुभाते नरर्षभौ॥ महद्भयामिव संस्पृष्टौ ग्रहाभ्यां चन्द्रभास्करौ।

kapibhyāmuhyamānau tau śuśubhāte nararṣabhau|| mahadbhayāmiva saṃspṛṣṭau grahābhyāṃ candrabhāskarau|

English Meaning

Those foremost of men, mounted on the monkeys, looked beautiful like this Sun and the Moon half eclipsed by the two mighty planets, viz., Rahu and Ketu.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)