Ramayana 2.49.3

ग्रामान् विकृष्टसीमान्तान् पुष्पितानि वनानि च।पश्यन्नतिययौ शीघ्रं शनैरिव हयोत्तमैः।।।।शृण्वन् वचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम्।

grāmān vikṛṣṭa-sīmāntān puṣpitāni vanāni ca | paśyann atiyayau śīghraṁ śanair iva hayottamaiḥ || śṛṇvan vaco manuṣyāṇāṁ grāma-saṁvāsa-vāsinām |

He beheld villages whose outskirts had been freshly furrowed, and forests in bloom. Listening to the talk of people dwelling in the village settlements, he travelled swiftly on excellent horses—yet to him it felt as though he were moving slowly.