Verse 8·VR 5.38.8

लन्काया दुष्प्रवेशत्वात् दुस्तरत्वान् महाउदधेः | सामर्थ्यात् आत्मनः चैव मया एतत् समुदाहृतम् || ५-३८-८

icchhaami tvaam samaanetum adya eva raghu bandhunaa | guru snehena bhaktyaa ca na anyathaa tat udaahR^itam || 5-38-9

Translation

"I spoke this because of the unassailability of Lanka, its great ocean so difficult to be crossed and also my capacity of taking you."

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duSpradharSatraat

because of the unassailability

lankaayaaH

of Lanka

mahodadheH

and the great ocean

dustaratvaa

difficult to be crossed

aatmanaH saamarthyaachchaiva

and because of my capability

etat

this

samudiiritam

was spoken

mayaa

by me.

Chapter context

38

Hanuma Asks Seetha to Give Him a Token of Remembrance

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