Chapter 21 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 21.4

स त्रिरात्रोषितस्तत्र नयज्ञो धर्मवत्सलः। उपासत तदा रामः सागरं सरितां पतिम्॥ न च दर्शयते रूपं मन्दो रामस्य सागरः। प्रयतेनापि रामेण यथार्हभिपूजितः॥

sa trirātroṣitastatra nayajño dharmavatsalaḥ| upāsata tadā rāmaḥ sāgaraṃ saritāṃ patim|| na ca darśayate rūpaṃ mando rāmasya sāgaraḥ| prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhabhipūjitaḥ||

English Meaning

me. And while spending three nights, Rāma, learned in polity and attached to virtue, prayed to that lord of streams-the Ocean. Yet the wicked Ocean, albeit adored according to his deserts by Rāma with his mind concentrated, did not show himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)