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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.7
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sītā drops her ornaments. She drops her silk and ornaments among five monkeys, Rāvaṇa confines her in Laṅkā and sends agents to Janasthāna
In the sequence: he passes Pampā and continues across forests, rivers, and mountains toward Laṅkā
3.52.7
vanāni saritaḥ śailān sarāṃsi ca vihāyasā
sa kṣipraṃ samatīyāya śaraś cāpād iva cyutaḥ
Through the sky he swiftly passed over forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes, like an arrow shot from a bow.
Words: vanāni — forests; saritaḥ — rivers; śailān — mountains; sarāṃsi — lakes; ca — and; vihāyasā — through the sky; sa — he; kṣipraṃ — swiftly; samatīyāya — passed over; śaraś — an arrow; cāpād — from a bow; iva — like; cyutaḥ — released, shot
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.