Chapter 35 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 35.7

सशैलसागरानूपं वीर्यवानवलोकयन्। नानापुष्पफलैर्वृक्षैरनुकीर्णं सहस्रशः॥ शीतमङ्गलतोयाभिः पद्मिनीभिः समन्ततः। विशालैराश्रमपदैर्वेदिमद्भिरलंकृतम्। सालैस्तालैस्तमालैश्च तरुभिश्च सुपुष्पितैः॥ अत्यन्तनियताहारैः शोभितं परमर्षिभिः। नागैः सुपर्णैर्गन्धर्वैः किंनरैश्च सहस्रशः॥ जितकामैश्च सिद्धैश्च चारणैश्चोपशोभितम्। आजैवैखानसैषैिर्वालखिल्यैर्मरीचिपैः॥

saśailasāgarānūpaṃ vīryavānavalokayan| nānāpuṣpaphalairvṛkṣairanukīrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ|| śītamaṅgalatoyābhiḥ padminībhiḥ samantataḥ| viśālairāśramapadairvedimadbhiralaṃkṛtam| sālaistālaistamālaiśca tarubhiśca supuṣpitaiḥ|| atyantaniyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ| nāgaiḥ suparṇairgandharvaiḥ kiṃnaraiśca sahasraśaḥ|| jitakāmaiśca siddhaiśca cāraṇaiścopaśobhitam| ājaivaikhānasaiṣaiirvālakhilyairmarīcipaiḥ||

English Meaning

And that one possessed of prowess beheld the shore of the sea, containing crag, scattered with trees bearing fruits and flowers of various kinds by thousands, bordered all around with pools furnished with cool and delightful waters, ornamented with spacious asylums having daises, graced with woods of plantain, beauteous with coconuts, and blossoming Sāla and palmyra, and tamāla, trees, grateful with supreme saints rigidly restraining their fear, and with serpents and fowls of fair feathers and Gandharvas and Kinnaras by thousands; and pleasant with Siddhas and Caraņas, that have controlled their lust; with those descendants of Brahma-the Vaikhanas, the Māsas, the Vālakhilyas, and the Marīcipas;

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)