Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.29

अनुगन्तुमशक्तास्त्वां मूलैरुद्धतवेगिनः। उन्नता वायुवेगेन विक्रोशन्तीव पादपाः॥

anugantumaśaktāstvāṃ mūlairuddhataveginaḥ| unnatā vāyuvegena vikrośantīva pādapāḥ||

English Meaning

Tall trees deprived of motion in consequence of being fast rooted to the earth and incapable of following you, are prohibiting you by sounding with the wind.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)