Chapter 69 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 69.3

गुल्मैर्वृक्षैश्च बहुभिलताभिश्च प्रवेष्टितम्। आवृतं सर्वतो दुर्गं गहनं घोरदर्शनम्॥

gulmairvṛkṣaiśca bahubhilatābhiśca praveṣṭitam| āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam||

English Meaning

It was a ghastly, impenetrable forest, covered on all sides with groves, trees and creepers,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)