Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.13

एष पर्वतसंकाशो हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः। तितीर्षति महावेगः समुद्रं वरुणालयम्॥ रामार्थं वानरार्थं च चिकीर्षन् कर्म दुष्करम्। समुद्रस्य परं पारं दुष्प्रापं प्राप्तुमिच्छति॥

eṣa parvatasaṃkāśo hanumān mārutātmajaḥ| titīrṣati mahāvegaḥ samudraṃ varuṇālayam|| rāmārthaṃ vānarārthaṃ ca cikīrṣan karma duṣkaram| samudrasya paraṃ pāraṃ duṣprāpaṃ prāptumicchati||

English Meaning

Looking like a mountain, the hermits thought about Hanumān, son of wind-god, undertaken for the benefit of Rāma and Vānaras in general, and blessed that he would be able to cross the ocean, the abode of Varuņa easily.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)