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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.6

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 clear vegetation, stumps, and stones, and plant trees in treeless stretches

2.74.6

latāvallīś ca gulmāṃś ca sthāṇūn aśmana eva ca
janās te cakrire mārgaṃ chindanto vividhān drumān

Cutting down creepers and vines and shrubs, stumps and stones, and trees of many kinds, those men made the road.

Words: latāvallīś ca — creepers and vines; gulmāṃś ca — and shrubs; sthāṇūn — stumps, posts; aśmana eva ca — and stones too; janās — the people; te — those; cakrire — made; mārgaṃ — the road; chindanto — cutting down; vividhān — various; drumān — trees

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.