Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.11

अबद्ध्वा सागरे सेतुं घोरे च वरुणालये। लङ्का न मर्दितुं शक्या सेन्ट्रैरपि सुरासुरैः॥

abaddhvā sāgare setuṃ ghore ca varuṇālaye| laṅkā na mardituṃ śakyā senṭrairapi surāsuraiḥ||

English Meaning

Without throwing a bridge over the ocean-the dread abode of Varuņa-even the Asuras and celestials with Indra (at their head) are unequal to subduing Laňkā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)