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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.11
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair. Śiva catches the falling river in his matted hair, Bhagīratha wins her release and leads the purifying waters across the earth
In the sequence: their ornaments light the cloudless sky like a hundred suns
1.42.11
saṃpatadbhiḥ suragaṇais teṣāṃ cābharaṇaujasā
śatādityam ivābhāti gaganaṃ gatatoyadam
With the hosts of gods streaming down, and by the brilliance of their ornaments, the cloudless sky shone as if with a hundred suns.
Words: saṃpatadbhiḥ — streaming down, converging (instr.); suragaṇais — with the hosts of gods; teṣāṃ — their; cābharaṇaujasā — and by the brilliance of (their) ornaments; śatādityam — a hundred suns; ivābhāti — shines as if; gaganaṃ — the sky; gatatoyadam — cloudless (whence clouds have gone)
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.