Chapter 28 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 28.9

सग्राहाः सरितश्चैव पङ्कवत्यस्तु दुस्तराः। मत्तैरपि गजैर्नित्यमतो दुःखतरं वनम् ॥

sagrāhāḥ saritaścaiva paṅkavatyastu dustarāḥ| mattairapi gajairnityamato duḥkhataraṃ vanam ||

English Meaning

The rivers are full of crocodiles, sharks, and other fearful animals, muddy and impassable and always infested with infuriated elephants; so the wood is full of misery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)