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Quotation from The Ramayana by Valmiki

“Then the great bridge of wondrous strength Was built, a hundred leagues in length.”

Valmiki (spoken by Narrator)

The Ramayana, Book VI, Canto XXII (Ocean Threatened), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith

Portrait of Valmiki

Under Nala's direction the Vanar host hurls trees and rocks into the sea and completes the bridge to Lanka in five days.

Citation: "Then the great bridge of wondrous strength Was built, a hundred leagues in length." — Valmiki, The Ramayana, Book VI, Canto XXII (Ocean Threatened), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith. (id ramayana-q6)

Portrait: Meeting of Rama and Parashurama, from the Mewar Ramayana, Manohar of Mewar, Public domain.

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