Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.53

वृत्ता यात्रा नरेन्द्राणां सेना पथ्येव वर्तते। वैराणि चैव मार्गाश्च सलिलेन समीकृताः॥

vṛttā yātrā narendrāṇāṃ senā pathyeva vartate| vairāṇi caiva mārgāśca salilena samīkṛtāḥ||

English Meaning

The royal marches are all stopped, and the soldiers, who have already marched are waiting in the way-hostility and wayfares have been equally blockaded by water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)