Chapter 8 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 8.10

सुप्राज्यफलमूलानि पुष्पितानि वनानि च। प्रशस्तमृगयूथानि शान्तपक्षिगणानि च॥ फुल्लपङ्कजखण्डानि प्रसन्नसलिलानि च। कारण्डवविकीर्णानि तटाकानि सरांसि च॥ द्रक्ष्यसे दृष्टिरम्याणि गिरिप्रस्रवणानि च । रमणीयान्यरण्यानि मयूराभिरुतानि च॥

suprājyaphalamūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca| praśastamṛgayūthāni śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca|| phullapaṅkajakhaṇḍāni prasannasalilāni ca| kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca|| drakṣyase dṛṣṭiramyāṇi giriprasravaṇāni ca | ramaṇīyānyaraṇyāni mayūrābhirutāni ca||

English Meaning

You will see blossoming woods garnished with fruits and roots, containing goodly deer, and mild feathered tribes; tanks and pools laughing with blown lotuses, containing pleasant waters, and abounding in Kārandavas; charming mountain-springs; and romantic forests picturesque with peacocks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)