Verse 12·VR 6.20.12

न हीयम् हरिभिर्लङ्का प्राप्तुम् शक्या कथम् चन | देवैरपि सगन्धर्वैः किम् पुनर्नरवानरैः || ६-२०-१२

sa tadaa raakshasendreNa sa.ndiShTo rajaniicaraH | shuko vihamgamo bhuutvaa tuurNamaaplutya caambaram || 6-20-13

Translation

"This Lanka cannot be reached by monkeys in any way. It cannot be acquired even by celestials and Gandharvas (celestial musicians), why to talk about men and monkeys?"

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iyam laNkaa

this Lanka

na shakyaahi

cannot indeed

praaptum

be acquired

haribhiH

by monkeys

kathamchana

in any way. (It cannot be reached) devairapi = even by celestials

sagandharvaiH

together with Gandharvas

kim punaH

what to tell

nara vaanaraiH

of reaching by men and monkeys?

Chapter context

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Ravana Sends Shuka to Sugreeva as an Ambassador

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