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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.16

बद्ध्वोदधौ रघुपतिर्विविधाद्रिकूटै: सेतुं कपीन्द्रकरकम्पितभूरुहाङ्गै: । सुग्रीवनीलहनुमत्प्रमुखैरनीकै- र्लङ्कां विभीषणद‍ृशाविशदग्रदग्धाम् ॥ १६ ॥
baddhvodadhau raghu-patir vividhādri-kūṭaiḥ
[baddhvodadhau raghu-patir vividhaadri-kootaih]
setuṁ kapīndra-kara-kampita-bhūruhāṅgaiḥ
[setum kapeendra-kara-kampita-bhooruhaangaih]
sugrīva-nīla-hanumat-pramukhair anīkair
[sugreeva-neela-hanumat-pramukhair aneekair]
laṅkāṁ vibhīṣaṇa-dṛśāviśad agra-dagdhām
[lankaam vibheeshana-drishaavishad agra-dagdhaam]
Word-for-word
baddhvā — after constructing udadhau — in the water of the ocean raghu-patiḥ — Lord Rāmacandra vividha — varieties of adri-kūṭaiḥ — with peaks of great mountains setum — a bridge kapi-indra — of powerful monkeys kara-kampita — moved by the great hands bhūruha-aṅgaiḥ — with the trees and plants sugrīva — Sugrīva nīla — Nīla hanumat — Hanumān pramukhaiḥ — led by anīkaiḥ — with such soldiers laṅkām — Laṅkā, the kingdom of Rāvaṇa vibhīṣaṇa-dṛśā — by the direction of Vibhīṣaṇa, the brother of Rāvaṇa āviśat — entered agra-dagdhām — which was previously burnt (by the monkey soldier Hanumān).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
baddhvodadhau raghu-patir vividhādri-kūṭaiḥ
baddhvā
after constructing
udadhau
in the water of the ocean
raghu-patiḥ
Lord Rāmacandra
vividha
varieties of
adri-kūṭaiḥ
with peaks of great mountains
setuṁ kapīndra-kara-kampita-bhūruhāṅgaiḥ
setum
a bridge
kapi-indra
of powerful monkeys
kara-kampita
moved by the great hands
bhūruha-aṅgaiḥ
with the trees and plants
sugrīva-nīla-hanumat-pramukhair anīkair
sugrīva
Sugrīva
nīla
Nīla
hanumat
Hanumān
pramukhaiḥ
led by
anīkaiḥ
with such soldiers
laṅkāṁ vibhīṣaṇa-dṛśāviśad agra-dagdhām
laṅkām
Laṅkā, the kingdom of Rāvaṇa
vibhīṣaṇa-dṛśā
by the direction of Vibhīṣaṇa, the brother of Rāvaṇa
āviśat
entered
agra-dagdhām
which was previously burnt (by the monkey soldier Hanumān).
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After constructing a bridge over the ocean by throwing into the water the peaks of mountains whose trees and other vegetation had been shaken by the hands of great monkeys, Lord Rāmacandra went to Laṅkā to release Sītādevī from the clutches of Rāvaṇa. With the direction and help of Vibhīṣaṇa, Rāvaṇa’s brother, the Lord, along with the monkey soldiers, headed by Sugrīva, Nīla and Hanumān, entered Rāvaṇa’s kingdom, Laṅkā, which had previously been burnt by Hanumān.
Purport

Great mountain peaks covered with trees and plants were thrown into the sea by the monkey soldiers and began to float by the supreme will of the Lord. By the supreme will of the Lord, many great planets float weightlessly in space like swabs of cotton. If this is possible, why should great mountain peaks not be able to float on water? This is the omnipotence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He can do anything and everything He likes, because He is not under the control of the material nature; indeed, material nature is controlled by Him. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram: only under His direction does prakṛti, or material nature, work. Similar information is given in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.52) :

yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

Describing how material nature works, the Brahma-saṁhitā says that the sun moves as desired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently, for Lord Rāmacandra to construct a bridge over the Indian Ocean with the help of monkey soldiers who threw great mountain peaks into the water is not at all wonderful; it is wonderful only in the sense that it has kept the name and fame of Lord Rāmacandra eternally celebrated.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After constructing a bridge over the ocean by throwing into the water the peaks of mountains whose trees and other vegetation had been shaken by the hands of great monkeys, with the help of Vibhīṣaṇa, the Lord, along with the monkey soldiers, headed by Sugrīva, Nīla and Hanumān, entered Laṅkā, which had previously been burnt by Hanumān. He built the bridge with mountain peaks, having branches of trees shaken by the hands of monkeys. By the intelligence (dṛśā) of Vibhīṣaṇa, he entered Laṅkā.
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Personal Guidance
Mountain peaks float on the sea by the Lord's will — He who keeps planets weightless in space can certainly float a stone. The same omnipotence that runs the cosmos handles every smaller 'impossibility' in His mission.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'mountain' in my own service have I assumed will sink?
  • How does my problem look when held next to a floating planet?
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