Chapter 5 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 5.15

गृहगाढामविच्छिद्रां समभूमौ निवेशिताम्। शालितण्डुलसम्पूर्णामिक्षुकाण्डरसोदकाम्॥

gṛhagāḍhāmavicchidrāṃ samabhūmau niveśitām| śālitaṇḍulasampūrṇāmikṣukāṇḍarasodakām||

English Meaning

And it abounded in paddy and rice, and its water was sweet as the juice of the sugar-cane.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)