Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.11

सुप्यते पर्णशय्यासु स्वयंभग्नासु भूतले। रात्रिषु श्रमखिन्नेन तस्माद् दुःखमतो वनम्॥

supyate parṇaśayyāsu svayaṃbhagnāsu bhūtale| rātriṣu śramakhinnena tasmād duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

Being exhausted with the toil of the day, the dwellers of the wood have to sleep in night on the bed made of leaves fallen from the trees on the surface of the ground; so the wood is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)