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)