Chapter 48 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 48.15

शोधयित्वा जनस्थानं प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य च। तीर्वा सागरमक्षोभ्यं भ्रातरौ गोष्पदे हतौ॥

śodhayitvā janasthānaṃ pravṛttimupalabhya ca| tīrvā sāgaramakṣobhyaṃ bhrātarau goṣpade hatau||

English Meaning

Having purified Janasthana (of Raksasas), obtained tidings of me, and crossed the Ocean* incapable of being agitated, those brothers have been slain in the footprint of a cow! *The commentator assigns a metaphorical sense to ocean-but this is hardly necessary.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)