Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.33

पुण्यश्च रमणीयश्च बहुमूलफलायुतः। तत्र कुञ्जरयूथानि मृगयूथानि चैव हि ॥ विचरन्ति वनान्तेषु तानि द्रक्ष्यसि राघव। सरित्प्रस्रवणप्रस्थान् दरीकन्दरनिर्झरान्। चरतः सीतया सार्धं नन्दिष्यति मनस्तव।॥

puṇyaśca ramaṇīyaśca bahumūlaphalāyutaḥ| tatra kuñjarayūthāni mṛgayūthāni caiva hi || vicaranti vanānteṣu tāni drakṣyasi rāghava| saritprasravaṇaprasthān darīkandaranirjharān| carataḥ sītayā sārdhaṃ nandiṣyati manastava|||

English Meaning

Do you repair to the famed Citrakuţa, holy, fair to the view, and abounding in countless fruits and roots. And in those forests range herds of elephants and deer; and these, O Rāghava, you will behold. And ranging with Sītā rivers and rills and plateau's, caverns and fountains, your mind will experience delight.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)