Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Lakṣmaṇa’s Description of Winter
Text 3.16.18
मयूखैरुपसर्पद्भिर्हिमनीहारसंवृतैः।
दूरमभ्युदितः सूर्यः शशाङ्क इव लक्ष्यते॥
mayūkhair upasarpadbhir hima-nīhāra-saṁvṛtaiḥ
dūram abhyuditaḥ sūryaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣyate
mayūkhaiḥ = rays; upasarpadbhiḥ = with its moving; hima-nīhāra-saṁvṛtaiḥ = covered in cold mist; dūram = at a distance; abhyuditaḥ = having risen; sūryaḥ = the sun; śaśāṅkaḥ = the moon; iva = like; lakṣyate = appears.
Having risen at a distance, the sun with its moving rays covered in cold mist appears like the moon.