Chapter 19 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 19.33

अबद्धा सागरे सेतुं घोरेऽस्मिन्वरुणालये। लङ्का नासादितुं शक्या सेन्ट्रैरपि सुरासुरैः॥

abaddhā sāgare setuṃ ghore'sminvaruṇālaye| laṅkā nāsādituṃ śakyā senṭrairapi surāsuraiḥ||

English Meaning

Without constructing a bridge over the deep, the terrible abode of Varuņa, even the celestials and their lord (India) cannot get at the city of Lanka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)