Chapter 1 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 1.17

कथं नाम समुद्रस्य दुष्पारस्य महाम्भसः। हरयो दक्षिणं पारं गमिष्यन्ति समागताः॥

kathaṃ nāma samudrasya duṣpārasya mahāmbhasaḥ| harayo dakṣiṇaṃ pāraṃ gamiṣyanti samāgatāḥ||

English Meaning

How can the assembled monkeys go over to the southern shore of the vastly deep, difficult to cross?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)