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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.12

candrakāntānanaṃ rāmam atīva priyadarśanam
rūpaudāryaguṇaiḥ puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭicittāpahāriṇam

Rāma, his face lovely as the moon, exceedingly pleasing to behold, who by the qualities of his beauty and nobility stole away the eyes and hearts of men.

Words: candrakāntānanaṃ — moon-lovely of face; rāmam — Rāma; atīva — exceedingly; priyadarśanam — pleasing to behold; rūpaudāryaguṇaiḥ — by the qualities of beauty and nobility; puṃsāṃ — of men; dṛṣṭicittāpahāriṇam — stealing away the eyes and hearts

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.