Then Rama with Sita in this front and accompanied by the son of Sumitra and by all the monkeys with Sugriva at their head and preceded by Vibhishana and taking steps for the protection of Lanka and one that selfcontained (Rama) surrounded by his chief advisers in order of precedence rode on that sky-ranging car Pushpaka, moving anywhere at will re-crossed the abode of the Makaras (i.e. the ocean) by means of the same bridge.
ततः सीतां पुरस्कृत्य रामः सौमित्रिणा सह॥ सुग्रीवप्रमुखैश्चैव सहितः सर्ववानरैः। विधाय रक्षां लङ्कायां विभीषणपुरस्कृतः॥ संततार पुनस्तेन सेतुना मकरालयम्। पुष्पकेण विमानेन खेचरेण विराजता॥ कामगेन यथामुख्यैरमात्यैः संवृतो वशी।