Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.4

अयं स कालः सम्प्राप्तः प्रियो यस्ते प्रियंवद। अलंकृत इवाभाति येन संवत्सरः शुभः॥

ayaṃ sa kālaḥ samprāptaḥ priyo yaste priyaṃvada| alaṃkṛta ivābhāti yena saṃvatsaraḥ śubhaḥ||

English Meaning

O sweet-speeched one, now is come that season which you have ever held dear; and as if decorated by which comes on the entire auspicious year.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)