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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.26

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: Daśaratha and Kausalyā also follow on foot

2.35.26

pitā ca rājā kākutsthaḥ śrīmān sannas tadā babhau
paripūrṇaḥ śaśī kāle graheṇopapluto yathā

And the father, the illustrious king Kākutstha (Daśaratha), then, sunken in grief, looked like the full moon at the time it is overtaken by the eclipse-demon.

Words: pitā ca — and the father; rājā — the king; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha (Daśaratha); śrīmān — illustrious, glorious; sannas — sunken, worn down; tadā — then; babhau — shone, appeared; paripūrṇaḥ — full, complete; śaśī — the moon; kāle — at the time; graheṇopapluto — overtaken by the seizer (Rāhu, eclipse); yathā — as, like

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.