Chapter 12 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 12.19

श्रान्तोऽहं सततं कामाद्यातो हय इवाध्वनि। कथं सागरमक्षोभ्यं तरिष्यन्ति वनौकसः॥ बहुसत्त्वझषाकीर्णं तौ वा दशरथात्मजौ।

śrānto'haṃ satataṃ kāmādyāto haya ivādhvani| kathaṃ sāgaramakṣobhyaṃ tariṣyanti vanaukasaḥ|| bahusattvajhaṣākīrṇaṃ tau vā daśarathātmajau|

English Meaning

But tired am I on account of my passion, like a horse spent on the way. How can the rangers of the woods, or the sons of Dasaratha cross over the sea ungovernable and swarming with countless creatures and fishes?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)