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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.16

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

1.33.16

śanair viyujyate saṃdhyā nabho netrair ivāvṛtam
nakṣatratārāgahanaṃ jyotirbhir avabhāsate

Slowly the twilight fades; the sky, as if covered with eyes, dense with constellations and stars, shines with its lights.

Words: śanair — slowly, gradually; viyujyate — is disjoined, fades away; saṃdhyā — the twilight; nabho — the sky; netrair — with eyes; ivāvṛtam — as if covered; nakṣatratārāgahanaṃ — dense with constellations and stars; jyotirbhir — with lights, luminaries; avabhāsate — shines, glows

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.