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)