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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage. Kuśanābha obtains Gādhi through sacrifice, Viśvāmitra identifies Gādhi as his father and recounts Satyavatī’s transformation into the river Kauśikī

In the sequence: he describes the still trees, resting animals, dark quarters, star-filled sky, rising moon, and roaming creatures of the night

1.33.15

niṣpandās taravaḥ sarve nilīnā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
naiśena tamasā vyāptā diśaś ca raghunandana

All the trees are motionless, the beasts and birds have settled to rest, and the quarters are wrapped in the darkness of night, O delight of the Raghus.

Words: niṣpandās — motionless, still; taravaḥ — trees; sarve — all; nilīnā — hidden away, settled to rest; mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ — beasts and birds; naiśena — of the night, nocturnal; tamasā — with darkness; vyāptā — pervaded, wrapped; diśaś — the quarters, directions; ca — and; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.