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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.7
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 111: Departure from Atri’s hermitage. Sītā wears Anasūyā’s gifts, Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa receive warnings of rākṣasas and take the forest path
In the sequence: she points out the evening scene: birds returning to rest, munis coming back from bathing, smoke rising from agnihotras, darkness gathering, and the moon appearing
2.111.7
alpaparṇā hi taravo ghanībhūtāḥ samantataḥ
viprakṛṣṭe 'pi ye deśe na prakāśanti vai diśaḥ
The trees, though sparse of leaf, have grown so dense on every side that even in an open stretch of country the quarters do not shine forth.
Words: alpaparṇā — sparse of leaf; hi — indeed; taravo — the trees; ghanībhūtāḥ — have become dense; samantataḥ — on all sides; viprakṛṣṭe — in an open, far-spread; 'pi — even; ye — which; deśe — region; na prakāśanti — do not shine forth; vai — indeed; diśaḥ — the quarters
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.