आकाशमिव दुष्पारं सागरं प्रेक्ष्य वानराः। विषेदुः सहिताः सर्वे कथं कार्यमिति ब्रुवन्॥
ākāśamiva duṣpāraṃ sāgaraṃ prekṣya vānarāḥ| viṣeduḥ sahitāḥ sarve kathaṃ kāryamiti bruvan||
English Meaning
Seeing the sea, incapable of being crossed even as the sky, all the monkeys began to lament, saying,-What is to be done?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)