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Verse 85.30

Sarga 8

श्रूयते हि द्रुमः कश्चिच्छेत्तव्यो वनजीविभिः। सन्निकर्षादिषीकाभिर्मोचितः परमाद्भयात्।।2.8.30।।

śrūyate hi drumaḥ kaścicchettavyo vanajīvibhiḥ. sannikarṣādiṣīkābhirmocitaḥ paramādbhayāt..2.8.30..

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English Translation

"It is said that a tree intended to be cut down by those living on the forest is let off due to entanglement of a kind of grass known as Ishika (thorny bushes) growing in its vicinity. (If Bharata had been at Ayodhya now, Dasaratha himself would have helped him."

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Word Meanings

वनजीविभि: by those living on the forest, छेत्तव्य: intended for felling, कश्चित् one such, द्रुम: tree, इषीकाभि: grass known as Ishika (thorny bushes), सन्निकर्षात् due to being in the close vicinity, परमात् from great, भयात् from fear, मोचित: set free, श्रूयते हि it is heard.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 8

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85.30