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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.17
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
1.33.17
uttiṣṭhati ca śītāṃśuḥ śaśī lokatamonudaḥ
hlādayan prāṇināṃ loke manāṃsi prabhayā vibho
And the cool-rayed moon rises, dispeller of the world's darkness, gladdening with its light the hearts of living beings in the world, O lord.
Words: uttiṣṭhati — rises; ca — and; śītāṃśuḥ — the cool-rayed (moon); śaśī — the moon; lokatamonudaḥ — dispeller of the world's darkness; hlādayan — gladdening, delighting; prāṇināṃ — of living beings; loke — in the world; manāṃsi — the hearts, minds; prabhayā — with (its) light; vibho — O lord, mighty one
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.