Without throwing a bridge over the ocean-the dread abode of Varuņa-even the Asuras and celestials with Indra (at their head) are unequal to subduing Laňkā.
अबद्ध्वा सागरे सेतुं घोरे च वरुणालये। लङ्का न मर्दितुं शक्या सेन्ट्रैरपि सुरासुरैः॥