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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 89: Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī. He urges her to bathe and regard the mountain as Ayodhyā, the river as Sarayū and its animals as citizens

In the sequence: he asks her to think of the animals as their fellow citizens, the mountain as Ayodhyā, and the river as the Sarayū → with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa beside him, he says he does not long for the Kingdom.

2.89.15

tvaṃ paurajanavad vyālān ayodhyām iva parvatam
manyasva vanite nityaṃ sarayūvad imāṃ nadīm

Ever regard the wild beasts as the townsfolk, the mountain as Ayodhyā, and this river as the Sarayū, O woman.

Words: tvaṃ — you; paurajanavad — as the townsfolk; vyālān — the wild beasts, predators; ayodhyām iva — as Ayodhyā; parvatam — the mountain; manyasva — consider, regard; vanite — O woman; nityaṃ — always; sarayūvad — as the Sarayū; imāṃ nadīm — this river

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.