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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 74: Construction of Bharata’s route. Workers clear and level the ground, plant trees, dig wells and build supplied, defended camps along the road to the Gaṅgā

In the sequence: they level rough ground, fill hollows, and make difficult stretches passable

2.74.10

babandhur bandhanīyāṃś ca kṣodyān saṃcukṣudus tadā
bibhidur bhedanīyāṃś ca tāṃs tān deśān narās tadā

Then the men bound up what was to be bound, pounded flat what was to be crushed, and broke up what was to be broken — those various places.

Words: babandhur — bound up; bandhanīyāṃś ca — what was to be bound; kṣodyān — what was to be crushed; saṃcukṣudus — pounded, crushed; tadā — then; bibhidur — broke up, split; bhedanīyāṃś ca — what was to be split; tāṃs tān — those various; deśān — places; narās — the men; tadā — then

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.