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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.106.3
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 106: Bharata returns without Rāma. Ayodhyā resembles an extinguished fire and deserted altar, he laments its emptiness and reaches Daśaratha’s residence
In the sequence: the narrative pauses over its emptiness through a series of comparisons: an extinguished fire, a defeated army, an abandoned altar, a damaged watering place, and a sky without its familiar lights
2.106.3
rāhuśatroḥ priyāṃ patnīṃ śriyā prajvalitaprabhām
graheṇābhyutthitenaikāṃ rohiṇīm iva pīḍitām
like Rohiṇī, the beloved wife of the Moon (foe of Rāhu), blazing with radiant beauty yet, all alone, afflicted by an assailing planet;
Words: rāhuśatroḥ — of the Moon, Rāhu's foe; priyāṃ — the dear; patnīṃ — wife; śriyā — with beauty; prajvalitaprabhām — of blazing radiance; graheṇābhyutthitenaikāṃ — by a risen planet, all alone; rohiṇīm iva — like Rohiṇī; pīḍitām — afflicted
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.