Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.80

सर्वाः सेना निवेश्यन्तां वेलायां हरिपुङ्गव। संप्राप्तो मन्त्रकालो नः सागरस्येह लङ्घने॥

sarvāḥ senā niveśyantāṃ velāyāṃ haripuṅgava| saṃprāpto mantrakālo naḥ sāgarasyeha laṅghane||

English Meaning

O foremost of monkeys, do you encamp your host on the bring of the ocean. Now has arrived the hour for counsel, when we should devise some plan for crossing over the main.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)