Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the YamunāText 2.55.8
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the Yamunā
Text 2.55.8
क्रोशमात्रं ततो गत्वा नीलं द्रक्ष्यथ काननम्।
पलाशबदरीमिश्रं रम्यं वंशैश्च यामुनैः॥
krośa-mātraṁ tato gatvā nīlaṁ drakṣyatha kānanam
palāśa-badarī-miśraṁ ramyaṁ vaṁśaiś ca yāmunaiḥ
krośa-mātram = a krośa; tataḥ = from that tree; gatvā = when you walk; nīlam = a dark; drakṣyatha = you will see; kānanam = forest; palāśa-badarī-miśram = filled with palāśa and badarī trees; ramyam = pleasant; vaṁśaiḥ = with bamboos; ca = and; yāmunaiḥ = from the banks of Yamunā.
When you walk a krośa from that tree, you will see a dark forest filled with palāśa and badarī trees and pleasant with bamboos from the banks of Yamunā.