Chapter 40 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 40.3

पृथिव्याश्चापि निर्भेदो दृष्ट एव सनातनः। सगरस्य च पुत्राणां विनाशो दीर्घदर्शिनाम्॥

pṛthivyāścāpi nirbhedo dṛṣṭa eva sanātanaḥ| sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ vināśo dīrghadarśinām||

English Meaning

The pre-ordained excavation of the Earth, as well as the testruction of Sagara's sons, had been foreseen by the farsighted.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)