Chapter 128 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 128

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 128.4

वारिवेगेन महता भिन्नः सेतुरिव क्षरन्। दुर्बन्धनमिदं मन्ये राज्यच्छिद्रमसंवृतम्॥

vārivegena mahatā bhinnaḥ seturiva kṣaran| durbandhanamidaṃ manye rājyacchidramasaṃvṛtam||

English Meaning

I do consider this kingdom infested with thieves, difficult to govern, as it is difficult to reconstruct a bridge broken down by a powerful current of water.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)