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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 72 Shloka 19
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एतत्सुरुचिरं भाति पितुर्मे शयनं पुरा। शशिनेवामलं रात्रौ गगनं तोयदात्यये।।2.72.19।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

मे पितुः my father's, एतत् this, सुरुचिरम् lovely, शयनम् couch, पुरा formerly, तोयदात्यये at the end of the rainy season, रात्रौ in the night, अमलम् spotless, गगनम् sky, शशिनेव as though by the Moon, भाति स्म used to radiate.

English Commentary

This couch of my father once used to shine like the spotless night sky irradiated by the autumnal Moon.