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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.8

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Sītā drops her ornaments. She drops her silk and ornaments among five monkeys, Rāvaṇa confines her in Laṅkā and sends agents to Janasthāna

In the sequence: he crosses the ocean as cāraṇas and siddhas declare that this act will bring his end

3.52.8

timinakraniketaṃ tu varuṇālayam akṣayam
saritāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā samatīyāya sāgaram

Reaching the imperishable abode of Varuṇa—home of the timi-fish and crocodiles, the refuge of rivers—he passed over the ocean.

Words: timinakraniketaṃ — home of the timi-fish and crocodiles; tu — and; varuṇālayam — the abode of Varuṇa; akṣayam — imperishable; saritāṃ — of rivers; śaraṇaṃ — refuge; gatvā — having reached; samatīyāya — passed over; sāgaram — the ocean

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.