Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.85

पूर्वं कृतयुगे तात पर्वताः पक्षिणोऽभवन्। तेऽपि जग्मुर्दिशः सर्वा गरुडा इव वेगिनः॥

pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge tāta parvatāḥ pakṣiṇo'bhavan| te'pi jagmurdiśaḥ sarvā garuḍā iva veginaḥ||

English Meaning

O worshipful one, in olden times, the mountains, gifted with wings, began to range all quarters with velocity like to Garuda.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)