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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.11
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma. Families reproach the men for returning without Rāma and imagine abandoning Kaikeyī’s Kingdom to join him
In the sequence: they imagine the rivers, forests, and mountains welcoming the travelers
2.42.11
vicitrakusumāpīḍā bahumañjaridhāriṇaḥ
akāle cāpi mukhyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca
darśayiṣyanty anukrośād girayo rāmam āgatam
Crowned with wondrous blossoms and laden with many clusters, the mountains, out of compassion, will show even out of season their finest flowers and fruits to Rāma who has come.
Words: vicitrakusumāpīḍā — crowned with wondrous blossoms; bahumañjaridhāriṇaḥ — bearing many blossom-clusters; akāle — out of season; cāpi — and even; mukhyāni — chief, finest; puṣpāṇi — flowers; ca — and; phalāni — fruits; ca — and; darśayiṣyanty — will show; anukrośād — out of compassion; girayo — the mountains; rāmam — Rāma; āgatam — arrived
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.