Chapter 2 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 2.5

समुद्रं लवयित्वा तु महानक्रसमाकुलम्। लङ्कामारोहयिष्यामो हनिष्यामश्च ते रिपुम्॥

samudraṃ lavayitvā tu mahānakrasamākulam| laṅkāmārohayiṣyāmo haniṣyāmaśca te ripum||

English Meaning

Crossing over the ocean swarming with gigantic alligators, we shall enter Lankā and slay the enemy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)