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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.88.5

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

2.88.5

ke cid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ ke cit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ
pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś ca ke cin maṇivaraprabhāḥ

Some tracts resemble silver, some are blood-red, some are of yellow and madder hue, and some shine like the finest gems.

Words: ke cid — some; rajatasaṃkāśāḥ — resembling silver; ke cit — some; kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ — resembling blood; pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś — of yellow and madder-red hue; ca — and; ke cin — some; maṇivaraprabhāḥ — shining like the finest gems

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.