Rāmāyaṇa · Sanskrit Story
Hanumān Leaps to Laṅkā
हनुमल्लङ्काप्रवेशः
वाल्मीकि रामायण — सुन्दरकाण्डम् (c. 500 BCE) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
भक्तिः पर्वतानपि तरति।
bhaktiḥ parvatān api tarati.
“Devotion crosses even mountains”
The Search Reaches the Ocean
वानराः सर्वत्र सीताम् अन्वेषयन्। ते समुद्रतटम् आगच्छन्। समुद्रः बहु विशालः आसीत्। "लङ्का तत्र अस्ति।" इति जाम्बवान् अवदत्। "कः लङ्काम् गन्तुम् शक्नोति?"
The monkeys searched for Sītā everywhere. They arrived at the ocean shore. The ocean was very vast. "Laṅkā is there," said Jāmbavān. "Who can go to Laṅkā?"
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