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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.88.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 88: Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa. Mineral-coloured peaks, fruit trees and waterfalls relieve his grief, forest life fulfils his father’s command while Bharata rules
In the sequence: he points out its brightly colored mineral peaks, birds, animals, flowering and fruit-bearing trees, waterfalls, and fragrant breezes
2.88.10
puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiś chāyāvadbhir manoramaiḥ
evamādibhir ākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyaty ayaṃ giriḥ
with trees full of blossom, laden with fruit, shady and delightful, and others like them — strewn with all these, this mountain abounds in beauty.
Words: puṣpavadbhiḥ — with flower-bearing trees; phalopetaiś — laden with fruit; chāyāvadbhir — casting shade, shady; manoramaiḥ — delightful; evamādibhir — with these and such others; ākīrṇaḥ — strewn, filled; śriyaṃ — beauty, splendor; puṣyaty — abounds in, nourishes; ayaṃ giriḥ — this mountain
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.