Chapter 37 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 37.5

शोकस्यास्य कथं पारं राघवोऽधिगमिष्यति। प्लवमानः परिक्रान्तो हतनौः सागरे यथा॥

śokasyāsya kathaṃ pāraṃ rāghavo'dhigamiṣyati| plavamānaḥ parikrānto hatanauḥ sāgare yathā||

English Meaning

I do not know when shall Rāghava get at the other end of the ocean of grief, by displaying his prowess, like to one, swimming across the ocean when the boat is sunk.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)