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Sundara Kanda Sarga 1 Shloka 57
Original Shloka
पिबन्निव बभौ चापि सोर्मिमालं महार्णवम्।।5.1.57।। पिपासुरिव चाकाशं ददृशे स महाकपिः।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

सः that, महाकपिः great vanara, सोर्मिमालम् with its rising waves, महार्णवम् ocean, पिबन्निव as if gulping, बभौ looked, आकाशम् sky, च and , अपि also, पिपासुरिव as if thirsty, ददृशे looked.

English Commentary

While he was looking upward, that great vanara appeared as if, parched with thirst, he was gulping the entire ocean with its rising waves.