Chapter 31 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 31.43

चापापहारे भुजवेगपके शरोमिमाले सुमहाहवौघे। न रामपातालमुखेऽतिघोरे प्रस्कन्दितुं राक्षसराज युक्तम्।। ।

cāpāpahāre bhujavegapake śaromimāle sumahāhavaughe| na rāmapātālamukhe'tighore praskandituṃ rākṣasarāja yuktam|| |

English Meaning

O Sovereign of the Räkşasas, you ought not to plunge yourself into this dreadful, and abyssless ocean, having the bow for its alligators, activity of arms for its shine, arrows for its billows, and engagement for its waters.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)