All 30 Uses of

sylvan

in

The Ramayana

Thus by the mighty Sire addressed They all obeyed his high behest, And thus begot in countless swarms Brave sons disguised in sylvan forms.†
Book 1

So were the sylvan chieftains formed; Thousands on thousands still they swarmed.†
Book 1

The saint himself was now prepared, But ere beyond the grove he fared, He turned him and in words like these Addressed the sylvan deities: "Farewell! each holy rite complete, I leave the hermits' perfect seat: To Gangá's northern shore I go Beneath Himálaya's peaks of snow."†
Book 1

He reached Vasish? ha's pure abode, Where trees, and flowers, and creepers glowed, Where troops of sylvan creatures fed; Which saints and angels visited.†
Book 1

And with delight his bosom swelled As onward still his course he held Through many a sumptuous court Like Indra's palace nobly made, Where peacocks revelled in the shade, And beasts of silvan sort.†
Book 2

I'll seek with thee the woodland dell And pathless wild where no men dwell, Where tribes of silvan creatures roam, And many a tiger makes his home.†
Book 2

Tiger, and elephant, and deer, Bull, lion, buffalo, in fear, Soon as thy matchless form they see, With every silvan beast will flee.†
Book 2

Let this fair hill Ayodhyá seem, Its silvan things her people deem, And let these waters as they flow Our own beloved Sarjú show.†
Book 2

Soon as he saw the cave which took Each living heart and chained the look, Thus Ráma spoke to Sítá who Gazed wondering on the silvan view: "Does this fair cave beneath the height, Videhan lady, charm thy sight?†
Book 2

And Ráma, as she thus replied, Turned to his spouse again and cried: "Thou seest, love, this flowery shade For silvan creatures' pleasure made, How the gum streams from trees and plants Torn by the tusks of elephants!†
Book 2

The prince, who heard the deafening sound, And saw the silvan creatures round Fly wildly startled from their rest, The glorious Lakshma? thus addressed: "Sumitrá's noble son most dear, Hark, Lakshma? what a roar I hear, The tumult of a coming crowd, Appalling, deafening, deep, and loud!†
Book 2

And Bharat gazing, overcome By sorrow for a while was dumb, Then, yielding to his woe, he ran To Ráma and with sobs began: "He who a royal seat should fill With subjects round to do his will, My elder brother,—see him here, With silvan creatures waiting near.†
Book 2

And every silvan thing that dwelt Within those shades the terror felt, Deer, lion, tiger, boar and roe, Bison, wild-cow, and buffalo.†
Book 2

Now, Bharat, lord of men be thou, And o'er Ayodhyá reign: The silvan world to me shall bow, King of the wild domain.†
Book 2

Then sending far his fearful roar, The princes through the wood he bore,— A wood like some vast cloud to view, Where birds of every plumage flew, And mighty trees o'erarching threw Dark shadows on the ground; Where snakes and silvan creatures made Their dwelling, and the jackal strayed Through tangled brakes around.†
Book 3

Fair silvan beasts and gentle deer In herds unnumbered wander here: And as they roam, secure from harm, Our eyes with grace and beauty charm: Except the beasts in thickets bred, This grove of ours has naught to dread.†
Book 3

The hermit's speech when Ráma heard,— The hero ne'er by terror stirred,— On his great bow his hand he laid, And thus in turn his answer made: "O saint, my darts of keenest steel, Armed with their murderous barbs, would deal Destruction mid the silvan race That flocks around thy dwelling-place.†
Book 3

Where white clouds rise from flames beneath, Where bark-coats lie with many a wreath, Where silvan things, made gentle, throng, And every bird is loud in song.†
Book 3

That hoary hermit, world-renowned For holy deeds, within this ground Has set his pure and blessed home, Where gentle silvan creatures roam.†
Book 3

í's shade Where silvan life and serpents strayed, Ráma in words like these addressed Lakshma? of vigour unrepressed: "Brother, our home is here: behold The grove of which the hermit told: The bowers of Panchava?†
Book 3

The silvan Gods in wild alarm Marked his huge teeth and ponderous arm, And from that Death-like presence fled, Of mountain size and towering head.†
Book 3

On silvan Gods who love the dell A sudden fear and trembling fell, As in the deepest woe they viewed The lady by the fiend subdued.†
Book 3

The silvan deities had fled The spot where all the light was dead, Where hermit coats of skin displayed, And piles of sacred grass were laid.†
Book 3

Then bears and tigers shalt thou view Whose soft skins show the sapphire's hue, And silvan deer that wander nigh Shall harmless from thy presence fly.†
Book 3

…the glorious pair to praise, His words of truth in courteous phrase, High honour duly paid, the best Of all the Vánar kind addressed, With free accord and gentle grace, Those glories of their warrior race: "O hermits, blest in vows, who shine Like royal saints or Gods divine, O best of young ascetics, say How to this spot you found your way, Scaring the troops of wandering deer And silvan things that harbour here Searching amid the trees that grow Where Pampá's gentle waters flow.†
Book 4

Then joyous Hanumán, the best Of all the Vánar kind, addressed These words to Ráma, trained of yore In all the arts of speakers' lore:(549) "Why do your feet this forest tread By silvan life inhabited, This awful maze of tree and thorn Which Pampá's flowering groves adorn?"†
Book 4

And various birds that roam the skies, And silvan creatures, met their eyes, As through the wood the chieftains sped, And followed where Sugríva led.†
Book 4

We take the silvan tribes beset With snare and trap and gin and net, And many a heedless deer we smite From thickest shade, concealed from sight.†
Book 4

"Go forth," he cried, "with car and steed, And to my feet this monkey lead, But watch each chance of time and place To seize this thing of silvan race.†
Book 5

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