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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.12

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

2.42.12

vidarśayanto vividhān bhūyaś citrāṃś ca nirjharān
pādapāḥ parvatāgreṣu ramayiṣyanti rāghavam

The trees on the mountain-peaks, revealing manifold and wondrous cascades, will delight Rāghava.

Words: vidarśayanto — revealing, displaying; vividhān — manifold, various; bhūyaś — moreover; citrāṃś — wondrous; ca — and; nirjharān — cascades, waterfalls; pādapāḥ — trees; parvatāgreṣu — on the mountain-tops; ramayiṣyanti — will delight; rāghavam — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.