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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.4
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: Descending from the mountain, Rāma shows Sītā the river, its waterbirds, flowers, and tree-lined banks
2.89.4
nānāvidhais tīraruhair vṛtāṃ puṣpaphaladrumaiḥ
rājantīṃ rājarājasya nalinīm iva sarvataḥ
encircled on every side by manifold bank-growing trees bearing flowers and fruit, resplendent like the lotus-pool of the king of kings (Kubera).
Words: nānāvidhais — of various kinds; tīraruhair — growing on the bank; vṛtāṃ — surrounded, encircled; puṣpaphaladrumaiḥ — by trees bearing flowers and fruit; rājantīṃ — shining, resplendent; rājarājasya — of the king of kings (Kubera); nalinīm — the lotus-pool; iva — like; sarvataḥ — on all sides
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.