Chapter 55 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 55.18

तेषु ते प्लवमुत्सृज्य प्रस्थाय यमुनावनात्। श्यामं न्यग्रोधमासेदुः शीतलं हरितच्छदम्॥

teṣu te plavamutsṛjya prasthāya yamunāvanāt| śyāmaṃ nyagrodhamāseduḥ śītalaṃ haritacchadam||

English Meaning

Then renouncing the raft, and passing by the woods adjoining the Yamunā, they came upon a banian Syāma by name, of cool shade and verdant foliage.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)