Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.20

लङ्घिते तत्र तैः सैन्यैर्जितमित्येव निश्चिनु। सर्वं तीर्णं च मे सैन्यं जितमित्यवधार्यताम्॥

laṅghite tatra taiḥ sainyairjitamityeva niścinu| sarvaṃ tīrṇaṃ ca me sainyaṃ jitamityavadhāryatām||

English Meaning

On these forces getting beyond the ocean, do you take it for certain that we have won; and when my whole host has reached the further shore, do you indubitably conclude that we have obtained victory.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)