Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.12

यदि रामः समुद्रान्तां मेदिनी परिवर्तयेत्। अस्याः कृते जगच्चापि युक्तमित्येव मे मतिः॥

yadi rāmaḥ samudrāntāṃ medinī parivartayet| asyāḥ kṛte jagaccāpi yuktamityeva me matiḥ||

English Meaning

And methinks it would have been all proper had Rāma turned on her account the whole earth bounded by oceans.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)