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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.7
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
2.74.7
avṛkṣeṣu ca deśeṣu ke cid vṛkṣān aropayan
ke cit kuṭhāraiṣ ṭaṅkaiś ca dātraiś chindan kva cit kva cit
In treeless places some planted trees, while some cut here and there with axes, chisels, and sickles.
Words: avṛkṣeṣu — in treeless (places); ca deśeṣu — and regions; ke cid — some; vṛkṣān — trees; aropayan — planted; ke cit — some; kuṭhāraiṣ — with axes; ṭaṅkaiś ca — and with chisels; dātraiś — with sickles; chindan — cut; kva cit kva cit — here and there
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.