Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 57: Sumantra Returns to Ayodhyā
Text 2.57.4
स वनानि सुगन्धीनि सरितश्च सरांसि च।
पश्यन्नतिययौ शीघ्रं ग्रामाणि नगराणि च॥
sa vanāni sugandhīni saritaś ca sarāṁsi ca
paśyann atiyayau śīghraṁ grāmāṇi nagarāṇi ca
saḥ = he; vanāni = forests; sugandhīni = fragrant; saritaḥ ca = rivers; sarāṁsi = lakes; ca = and; paśyan = while watching; atiyayau = passed; śīghram = quickly; grāmāṇi = through villages; nagarāṇi = cities; ca = and.
He quickly passed through villages and cities while watching fragrant forests, rivers and lakes.