Thereupon Rāma's father, the graceful Kākutstha, became shorn of his splendour, like to the full-moon enveloped at the appointed time during the eclipse.
पिता हि राजा काकुत्स्थः श्रीमान् सन्नस्तदा बभौ। परिपूर्णः शशी काले ग्रहेणोपप्लुतो यथा ॥