Verse 3·VR 5.38.3
स्त्रीत्वम् न तु समर्थम् हि सागरम् व्यतिवर्तितुम् | माम् अधिष्ठाय विस्तीर्णम् शत योजनम् आयतम् || ५-३८-३
striitvam na tu samartham hi saagaram vyativartitum | maam adhiShThaaya vistiirNam shata yojanam aayatam || 5-38-3
Translation
"It is indeed not fit for a woman to mount on my back and traverse an extensive ocean, which is having a width of one hundred yojanas."
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na samartham hi
It is not indeed fit for
striitvam
womanhood
adhiSThaaya
to mount on
maam
me
vyativartitum
and cross
vistiirNam
an extensive
saagaram
ocean
shatayojanam aayatam
which is wide of one hundred Yojanas.
Chapter context
38
Hanuma Asks Seetha to Give Him a Token of Remembrance
65 verses · Verse 3 of 65
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