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Rāmacandra fasted for three days, awaiting the arrival of the ocean personified. When the ocean did not come, the Lord became angry, and simply by His glancing over the ocean, all the living entities within it became agitated by fear. Then the personified ocean fearfully approached Lord Rāmacandra, taking all paraphernalia for worshiping Him. Falling at the Lord's lotus feet, the personified ocean spoke as follows:
"O all-pervading Supreme Person, we are dull-minded and did not understand who You are, but now we understand that You are the Supreme Person, the master of the entire universe, the unchanging and original Personality of Godhead. The demigods are infatuated with the mode of goodness, the Prajāpatis with the mode of passion, and the lord of ghosts with the mode of ignorance, but You are the master of all these qualities.
"My Lord, You may use my water as You like. Indeed, You may cross it and go to the abode of Rāvaṇa, who is the great source of disturbance and crying for the three worlds. Please go kill him and thus regain Your wife, Sītā-devī. O great hero, although my water presents no impediment to Your going to Laṅkā, please construct a bridge over it to spread Your transcendental fame. Upon seeing this wonderfully uncommon deed of Your Lordship's, all the great heroes and kings in the future will glorify You."
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 Sītā-devī from the clutches of Rāvaṇa. With the direction and help of Rāvaṇa's brother Vibhīṣaṇa, the Lord entered Rāvaṇa's kingdom with the monkey soldiers.