Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 80 Shloka 7
Original Shlokaअवृक्षेषु च देशेषु केचिद्वृक्षानरोपयन्। केचित्कुठारैष्टङ्कैश्च दात्रैश्चिन्दन्क्वचित्क्वचित्।।2.80.7।।
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English Translation
केचित् some of them, अवृक्षेषु where there were no trees, देशेषु in places, वृक्षान् saplings, अरोपयन् planted, केचित् some, क्वचित् क्वचित् here and there, कुठारैः with axes, टङ्कैश्च with hatchets, दात्रैः च with sickles, छिन्दन् severing.
English Commentary
Some of them, planted saplings in places where there were none, while some others severed trees here and there with axes, hatchets and sickles.