Surely, O Rama, O foremost of warriors, on your having come out, the city of Ayodhyā is shorn of its splendour like the night deprived of the moon.
ध्रुवमद्य पुरी राम अयोध्याऽऽयुधिनां वर। निष्प्रभा त्वयि निष्क्रान्ते गतचन्द्रव शर्वरी॥