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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.11.8

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī. Kaikeyī insists that Daśaratha honour his promise, his night-long appeals fail to change her demands

In the sequence: night falls while he is still lamenting

2.11.8

sa triyāmā tathārtasya candramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā
rājño vilapamānasya na vyabhāsata śarvarī

That night of three watches, adorned with the disc of the moon, did not shine for the king so afflicted, as he lamented.

Words: sa — that; triyāmā — the (three-watch) night; tathārtasya — of (him) so afflicted; candramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā — adorned with the moon's disc; rājño — of the king; vilapamānasya — of (him) lamenting; na — not; vyabhāsata — shone forth; śarvarī — the night

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.