दुष्करं कृतवान्रामः समुद्रे सेतुबन्धनम्। अश्रुतं पूर्वकैः केश्चिद्देवैरपि सदानवैः॥
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānrāmaḥ samudre setubandhanam| aśrutaṃ pūrvakaiḥ keściddevairapi sadānavaiḥ||
English Meaning
Indeed Rāma has accomplished a wonderfully hard work; our ancestors, the celestials, the Dānavas none heard of constructing a bridge over the ocean?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)