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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.9
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
2.111.9
saṃpravṛttā niśā sīte nakṣatrasamalaṃkṛtā
jyotsnā prāvaraṇaś candro dṛśyate 'bhyudito 'mbare
The night has fully come on, Sītā, adorned with stars; and the moon, mantled in its own moonlight, is seen risen in the sky.
Words: saṃpravṛttā — fully set in, come on; niśā — the night; sīte — O Sītā; nakṣatrasamalaṃkṛtā — adorned with stars; jyotsnā prāvaraṇaś — having moonlight for a mantle; candro — the moon; dṛśyate — is seen; 'bhyudito — risen; 'mbare — in the sky
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.