Chapter 56 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 56.6

अयं च वीर संदेहस्तिष्ठतीव ममाग्रतः। सुमहत्सु सहायेषु हर्युक्षेषु महाबलः॥ कथं नु खलु दुष्पारं संतरिष्यति सागरम्। तानि हयृक्षसैन्यानि तौ वा नरवरात्मजौ॥

ayaṃ ca vīra saṃdehastiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ| sumahatsu sahāyeṣu haryukṣeṣu mahābalaḥ|| kathaṃ nu khalu duṣpāraṃ saṃtariṣyati sāgaram| tāni hayṛkṣasainyāni tau vā naravarātmajau||

English Meaning

O hero, this mighty doubt is (ever) present before me. How shall that exceedingly powerful one or that host of monkeys or those two sons of that man of men, albeit backed by mighty monkeys, cross over the ocean incapable of being crossed?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)