Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 8
श्रूयते हि द्रुमः कश्चिच्छेत्तव्यो वनजीविभिः। सन्निकर्षादिषीकाभिर्मोचितः परमाद्भयात्
śrūyate hi drumaḥ kaścicchettavyo vanajīvibhiḥ| sannikarṣādiṣīkābhirmocitaḥ paramādbhayāt
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.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
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