Valmiki Ramayana
Author: Valmiki
Tradition: Sanskrit epic
The original Sanskrit Ramayana.
Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kandam, Sarga 1
tato rāvaṇanītāyāḥ sītāyāḥ...
Then Hanuman, intent on finding Sita whom Ravana had carried off, resolved to cross the ocean.
Valmiki opens Sundara Kandam with Hanuman resolving to leap the ocean. Kamban’s treatment is compared in the linked verses.
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