Chapter 80 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 80.4

लता वल्लीश्च गुल्मांश्च स्थाणूनश्मन एव च। जनास्ते चक्रिरे मार्ग छिन्दन्तो विविधान् दुमान्॥

latā vallīśca gulmāṃśca sthāṇūnaśmana eva ca| janāste cakrire mārga chindanto vividhān dumān||

English Meaning

And hewing away boughs, plants and shrubs and woody projections, stones, and diverse trees, they went on preparing a road.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)