Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.5

स तु वीर्यवतां श्रेष्ठः प्लवतामपि चोत्तमः। जगाम वेगवाँल्लङ्कां लवयित्वा महोदधिम्॥

sa tu vīryavatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ plavatāmapi cottamaḥ| jagāma vegavā~llaṅkāṃ lavayitvā mahodadhim||

English Meaning

That foremost of those endowed with energy and the prime of monkeys, gifted with speed, went to Laikā,* having crossed over the mighty main. *Descending, remarks the commentator, from the mountain-summit.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)