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)