Verse 18·VR 1.39.18

गत्वा तु पृथिवीं सर्वमदृष्टा तं महबलाः | योजनायामविस्तारमेकैको धरणीतलम् | बिभिदुः पुरुषव्याघ्र वज्रस्पर्शसमैर्भुजैः ||१-३९-१८

shuulaiH ashani kalpaiH ca halaiH ca api sudaaruNaiH | bhidyamaanaa vasumatii nanaada raghunaMdana ||1-39-19

Translation

But, oh, tigerly-man Rama, on going round the earth in its entirety those great-mighty princes did not find that horse, then as said by their father they mapped the earth to a unit of one square yojana for each of them, and each of them hollowed out each and every area on the surface of earth with their arms that have the touch of the diamonds. [1-39-18]

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puruSavyaaghra

oh tigerly man, Rama

mahaabalaaH

great mighty ones

sarvam pR^ithiviim gatvaa tu

having gone entire \t\t\tearth, but

tam adR^iShTaa

that - horse, not, \t\t\tseen

ekaikaH

each every - prince

yojanaayaam avistaaram

yojana-s not very wide

dharaNiitalam

surface of earth

vajrasparshasamaiH

similar to the touch of diamond

bhujaiH [nakhaiH]

with arms - with nails

bibhiduH

they hollowed out.

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Sagara's sons dig the earth in search of the ritual horse

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