Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.29

श्रूयते हि द्रुमः कश्चिच्छेत्तव्यो वनजीवनैः। संनिकर्षादिषीकाभिर्मोचितः परमाद्भयात्॥

śrūyate hi drumaḥ kaścicchettavyo vanajīvanaiḥ| saṃnikarṣādiṣīkābhirmocitaḥ paramādbhayāt||

English Meaning

It is heard that once upon a time the woodsmen had intended to cut down a tree; but it was relived from the high peril because of the proximity of prickly shrubs around it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)