[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 3.18 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 3.18 English (machine translation) 3.18 - **Language:** English ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.18) "The cool-rayed moon might live through the night even without the moonlight; / the lord of day too might shine even without his shadow-consort; / but that the lord of the Raghus lives, preserving his breath of life by clinging to fortitude / without her—this is indeed a wonder!" (18) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.18) · Pramāṇa