Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.10

लताकण्टकसंकीर्णाः कृकवाकूपनादिताः। निरपाश्च सुदुःखाश्च मार्गा दुःखमतो वनम्॥

latākaṇṭakasaṃkīrṇāḥ kṛkavākūpanāditāḥ| nirapāśca suduḥkhāśca mārgā duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

There the wayfarers are covered with creepers and thorns they are void of drinking water ever resounded with the noise of the wild fowls, so the wood is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)