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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.8

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: they see deer drinking and tapasvins bathing or worshipping the sun

2.89.8

mārutoddhūta śikharaiḥ pranṛtta iva parvataḥ
pādapaiḥ patrapuṣpāṇi sṛjadbhir abhito nadīm

With its treetops tossed by the wind, its trees scattering leaves and flowers all around the river, the mountain seems to be dancing.

Words: mārutoddhūta śikharaiḥ — with treetops tossed by the wind; pranṛtta — dancing; iva — as if; parvataḥ — the mountain; pādapaiḥ — by the trees; patrapuṣpāṇi — leaves and flowers; sṛjadbhir — scattering, shedding; abhito — around, on all sides; nadīm — the river

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.