 ततश्शिखरमारुह्य रामो दशरथात्मजः ।कूर्ममीनसमाकीर्णमपश्यत्सलिलाकुलम् ।। 
 Then Rama the son of Dasaratha on climbing to the top of Mahendra mountain observed the ocean inhabited by tortoises and fish.  