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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.42.9
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
2.42.9
śobhayiṣyanti kākutstham aṭavyo ramyakānanāḥ
āpagāś ca mahānūpāḥ sānumantaś ca parvatāḥ
The forests with their lovely groves will grace Kākutstha, and the rivers with their broad marshy banks, and the mountains with their peaks.
Words: śobhayiṣyanti — will grace, adorn; kākutstham — Kākutstha; aṭavyo — the forests; ramyakānanāḥ — with lovely groves; āpagāś — rivers; ca — and; mahānūpāḥ — with great marshy banks; sānumantaś — with peaks; ca — and; parvatāḥ — the mountains
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.