Chapter 35 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 35.55

चिन्तां जग्मुः पुनर्भीमां त्वदर्शनसमुत्सुकाः। अथाहं हरिसैन्यस्य सागरं दृश्य सीदतः॥ व्यवधूय भयं तीव्र योजनानां शतं प्लुतः। लङ्का चापि मया रात्रौ प्रविष्टा राक्षसाकुला॥ रावणश्च मया दृष्टस्त्वं च शोकनिपीडिता ।

cintāṃ jagmuḥ punarbhīmāṃ tvadarśanasamutsukāḥ| athāhaṃ harisainyasya sāgaraṃ dṛśya sīdataḥ|| vyavadhūya bhayaṃ tīvra yojanānāṃ śataṃ plutaḥ| laṅkā cāpi mayā rātrau praviṣṭā rākṣasākulā|| rāvaṇaśca mayā dṛṣṭastvaṃ ca śokanipīḍitā |

English Meaning

And worked up with a strong desire to see you, they again engaged in anxious thought. And beholding the ocean, the monkey hosts lost their heart. And removing their fear, I leaped a hundred leagues across the deep and entered Lankā, at night, infested with demons. I have seen Rāvana, and you stricken with grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)