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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.88.13

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

2.88.13

jalaprapātair udbhedair niṣyandaiś ca kva cit kva cit
sravadbhir bhāty ayaṃ śailaḥ sravan mada iva dvipaḥ

With waterfalls, springs, and streams trickling here and there, this mountain gleams like an elephant streaming with rut.

Words: jalaprapātair — with waterfalls; udbhedair — with springs, gushings; niṣyandaiś — with streams, flowings; ca — and; kva cit kva cit — here and there; sravadbhir — flowing, trickling; bhāty — shines; ayaṃ śailaḥ — this mountain; sravan — streaming, oozing; mada — with rut, rut-fluid; iva — as, like; dvipaḥ — an elephant

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.