Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.4

सौमित्रे पश्य पम्पायाः काननं शुभदर्शनम्। यत्र राजन्ति शैला वा द्रुमाः सशिखरा इव॥

saumitre paśya pampāyāḥ kānanaṃ śubhadarśanam| yatra rājanti śailā vā drumāḥ saśikharā iva||

English Meaning

Observe again, O son of Sumitra, the picturesque wood-land around the lake, where trees, crowned with large branches resembling the summits of a mountain, appear like so many hills.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)