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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.88.4

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

2.88.4

paśyemam acalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam
śikharaiḥ kham ivodviddhair dhātumadbhir vibhūṣitam

Behold this mountain, my dear, teeming with flocks of many kinds of birds, adorned with mineral-rich peaks that tower as if piercing the sky.

Words: paśyemam — behold this; acalaṃ — the mountain (lit. the unmoving); bhadre — my dear; nānādvijagaṇāyutam — teeming with flocks of various birds; śikharaiḥ — with peaks; kham — the sky; ivodviddhair — as if towering upward; dhātumadbhir — rich in minerals; vibhūṣitam — adorned

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.