खानितः सगरेणायमप्रमेयो महोदधिः। कर्तुमर्हसि रामस्य ज्ञातेः कार्य महोदधिः॥
khānitaḥ sagareṇāyamaprameyo mahodadhiḥ| kartumarhasi rāmasya jñāteḥ kārya mahodadhiḥ||
English Meaning
This measureless deep was dug out by (the king) Sagara.* And the great ocean shall surely help Rāma belonging to Sagara's race. *Sagara was a sovereign of Ayodhyā, belonging to the same family with Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)