On the monkey heroes getting despondent at the sight of the (Indian) ocean which they found difficult to cross, Angada enquires of them if anyone of them was capable of leaping across the sae dividing India from Lanka. When all keep mum, he encourages all to proclaim each his own leaping capacity and prowess.Recitation: 00:00 - 03:54Translation: 03:58 - 09:36

Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 65, "Monkeys fear to jump the ocean", Book 4 Canto 65

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