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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.42.8

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

1.42.8

tato devarṣigandharvā yakṣāḥ siddhagaṇās tathā
vyalokayanta te tatra gaganād gāṃ gatāṃ tadā

Then divine seers, gandharvas, yakṣas, and hosts of siddhas gazed there upon her (Gaṅgā), gone from the sky to the earth.

Words: tato — then; devarṣigandharvā — divine seers and gandharvas; yakṣāḥ — yakṣas; siddhagaṇās — hosts of siddhas; tathā — and, likewise; vyalokayanta — gazed upon, beheld; te — they; tatra — there; gaganād — from the sky; gāṃ — to the earth; gatāṃ — gone (fem., i.e. Gaṅgā); tadā — then

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.