Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.20

दुमाः कण्टकिनश्चैव कुशाः काशाश्च भामिनि। वने व्याकुलशाखाग्रास्तेन दुःखमतो वनम्॥

dumāḥ kaṇṭakinaścaiva kuśāḥ kāśāśca bhāmini| vane vyākulaśākhāgrāstena duḥkhamato vanam||

English Meaning

There are trees full of thorns, having their branches moving to and fro, and the kusa and kāsa grasses with thorny blades constantly undulating; so the wood is full misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)