Chapter 14 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 14.19

लताशतैरवतता: संतानकुसुमावृताः। नानागुल्मावृतवनाः करवीरकृतान्तराः॥

latāśatairavatatā: saṃtānakusumāvṛtāḥ| nānāgulmāvṛtavanāḥ karavīrakṛtāntarāḥ||

English Meaning

They were entwined with hundreds of creepers, covered with Santāna* flowers and filled with diverse groves and Karaviras serving the purpose of windows. *One of the trees of heaven. 'Literally the passages means "making a gap in that forest thickly filled with trees.” But Rāmānuja interprets thus and we have adopted his interpretaion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)