Chapter 49 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 49.3

ग्रामान् विकृष्टसीमान्तान् पुष्पितानि वनानि च। पश्यन्नतिययौ शीघ्रं शनैरिव हयोत्तमैः॥

grāmān vikṛṣṭasīmāntān puṣpitāni vanāni ca| paśyannatiyayau śīghraṃ śanairiva hayottamaiḥ||

English Meaning

And seeing villages having ploughed fields on their skirts, and powering woods, he by means of those excellent horses, proceeded very fast although seeming to go slowly.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)