Chapter 38 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 38.7

लङ्काया दुष्प्रवेशत्वाद् दुस्तरत्वान्महोदधेः। सामर्थ्यादात्मनश्चैव मयैतत् समुदीरितम्॥

laṅkāyā duṣpraveśatvād dustaratvānmahodadheḥ| sāmarthyādātmanaścaiva mayaitat samudīritam||

English Meaning

It is very difficult to enter this city of Lankā, it is equally hard to cross over the main—but I am capable of doing all these, and hence I gave utterance to all those words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)