Chapter 22 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 22.35

अयं सौम्य नलो नाम तनयो विश्वकर्मणः। पित्रा दत्तवरः श्रीमान्प्रीतिमान्विश्वकर्मणः॥ एष सेतुं महोत्साहः करोतु मयि वानरः। तमहं धारयिष्यामि यथा ह्येष पिता तथा॥

ayaṃ saumya nalo nāma tanayo viśvakarmaṇaḥ| pitrā dattavaraḥ śrīmānprītimānviśvakarmaṇaḥ|| eṣa setuṃ mahotsāhaḥ karotu mayi vānaraḥ| tamahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi yathā hyeṣa pitā tathā||

English Meaning

O mild one, this one is named Nala, son to Viśvakarmā. He has received a boon from his sire. Visvakarma's son is well pleased with you. Let this monkey, surcharged with exhuberant spirits, build a bridge over me. I will hold that up. This one is as his sire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)