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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.92.9

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 92: Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut. Search parties enter the forest, smoke guides Bharata forward and he keeps the larger company back while approaching with Guha

In the sequence: he praises Sītā's loyalty and the good fortune of the place where Rāma lives

2.92.9

subhagaś citrakūṭo 'sau girirājopamo giriḥ
yasmin vasati kākutsthaḥ kubera ivanandane

Fortunate is that mountain Citrakūṭa, like the king of mountains, on which Kākutstha dwells as Kubera dwells in Nandana.

Words: subhagaś — fortunate; citrakūṭo — Citrakūṭa; 'sau — that; girirājopamo — like the king of mountains; giriḥ — mountain; yasmin — on which; vasati — dwells; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha (Rāma); kubera — Kubera; ivanandane — as (he does) in Nandana

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.