Chapter 99 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 99.5

शालायास्त्वग्रतस्तस्या ददर्श भरतस्तदा। काष्ठानि चावभग्नानि पुष्पाण्यपचितानि च॥ स लक्ष्मणस्य रामस्य ददर्शाश्रममीयुषः। कृतं वृक्षेष्वभिज्ञानं कुशचीरैः क्वचित् क्वचित्॥

śālāyāstvagratastasyā dadarśa bharatastadā| kāṣṭhāni cāvabhagnāni puṣpāṇyapacitāni ca|| sa lakṣmaṇasya rāmasya dadarśāśramamīyuṣaḥ| kṛtaṃ vṛkṣeṣvabhijñānaṃ kuśacīraiḥ kvacit kvacit||

English Meaning

Before the cottage, Bharata saw fuel broken up, and flowers gathered. And he saw at places signs of Kuśa and bark set up on trees when Rāma and Lakşmaņa (first) arrived at their asylum.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)