Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet DaśarathaText 2.16.31
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.16.31
स पर्जन्य इवाकाशे स्वनवानभिनादयन्।
निकेतान्निर्ययौ श्रीमान्महेन्द्रादिव चन्द्रमाः॥
sa parjanya ivākāśe svanavān abhinādayan
niketān niryayau śrīmān mahendrād iva candramāḥ
saḥ = the; parjanyaḥ = a cloud 2; iva = like; ākāśe = in the sky; svanavān = reverberating; abhinādayan = while His chariot resounded in all directions; niketāt = from His residence; niryayau = departed; śrīmān = handsome Rāma; mahendrāt = from the great mountain Udaya [in the east]; iva = like; candramāḥ = the moon.
Like the moon from the great mountain Udaya [in the east], the handsome Rāma departed from His residence while His chariot resounded in all directions like a cloud reverberating in the sky.