Then with heaps of dry wild wood covered with grass, they constructed a large raft. And the puissant Lakşmaņa tearing twigs from the ratan and the rose-apple, made a comfortable seat for Sita.
तौ काष्ठसंघाटमथो चक्रतुः सुमहाप्लवम्। शुष्कैर्वंयैः समाकीर्णमुशीरैश्च समावृतम्॥ ततो वैतसशाखाश्च जम्बुशाखाश्च वीर्यवान्। चकार लक्ष्मणश्छित्त्वा सीतायाः सुखमासनम्॥