Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāvaṇa Brings Sītā to Laṅkā
Text 3.54.7
वनानि सरितः शैलान्सरांसि च विहायसा।
स क्षिप्रं समतीयाय शरश्चापादिव च्युतः॥
vanāni saritaḥ śailān sarāṁsi ca vihāyasā
sa kṣipraṁ samatīyāya śaraś cāpād iva cyutaḥ
vanāni = forests; saritaḥ = rivers; śailān = mountains; sarāṁsi = lakes; ca = and; vihāyasā = through the pathway of the sky; saḥ = he; kṣipram = swiftly [travelling]; samatīyāya = crossed over; śaraḥ = an arrow; cāpāt = from a bow; iva = like; cyutaḥ = released.
Swiftly [travelling] through the pathway of the sky, he crossed over forests, rivers, mountains and lakes like an arrow released from a bow.