PLATE FOUR

The Personality of Godhead, Lord Ramacandra, being aggrieved for
His kidnapped wife, Sita, glanced over the city of Ravana with red-hot
eyes. Then the great ocean, trembling in fear, gave Him His way, be-
cause its family members, the aquatics like the sharks, snakes and
crocodiles, were being burned. The personified ocean said, ‘‘O great
hero, although my water presents no impediment to Your going to Lanka,
please construct a bridge over it to spread Your transcendental fame.
Upon seeing this wonderfully uncommon deed of Your Lordship, all the
great heroes and kings in the future will glorify You.” Thereupon the
Lord had His faithful monkey servants, like Hanuman and Sugriva, hurl
huge boulders into the sea, and, by the Lord’s supreme potency, they
floated on the water, forming a bridge to Lanka. ( Pp. 63-68)
