Araṇya Kāṇḍa 66: Kabandha’s arms severed · 3.66.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Kabandha’s arms severed. Lakṣmaṇa proposes cutting their captor’s arms, the brothers strike together and Kabandha recognizes the foretold means of his release

In the sequence: Holding both brothers, Kabandha impatiently demands why they stand helpless while he is hungry

3.66.1

tau tu tatra sthitau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
bāhupāśaparikṣiptau kabandho vākyam abravīt

Seeing the two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, standing there caught in the snare of his arms, Kabandha spoke these words:

Words: tau — the two; tu — and; tatra — there; sthitau — standing (dual); dṛṣṭvā — having seen; bhrātarau — the two brothers; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; bāhupāśaparikṣiptau — caught in the snare of his arms (dual); kabandho — Kabandha; vākyam — words; abravīt — spoke

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.