Chapter 3 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 3.25

येन केन तु मार्गेण तराम वरुणालयम्। हतेति नगरी लङ्का वानरैरुपधार्यताम्॥

yena kena tu mārgeṇa tarāma varuṇālayam| hateti nagarī laṅkā vānarairupadhāryatām||

English Meaning

Let us by any way whatever cross over Varuna's abode. Do you take it for certain that the city of Lankā is subdued by the monkeys.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)