Chapter 80 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 80

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 80.6

बबन्धुर्बन्धनीयांश्च क्षोद्यान् संवुक्षुदुस्तथा। बिभिदुर्भेदनीयांश्च तांस्तान् देशान् नरास्तदा॥

babandhurbandhanīyāṃśca kṣodyān saṃvukṣudustathā| bibhidurbhedanīyāṃśca tāṃstān deśān narāstadā||

English Meaning

And those men threw bridges wherever they became necessary, and broke the earth wherever such a process was required, and excavated whenever such a process was required, and excavated whenever it was necessary.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)