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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.10

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: Lakṣmaṇa names himself and Rāma and explains that they are searching for Rāma's abducted wife

3.66.10

ayam ikṣvākudāyādo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ
asyaivāvarajaṃ viddhi bhrātaraṃ māṃ ca lakṣmaṇam

“This is the heir of the Ikṣvākus, known among people by the name of Rāma; and know me to be his younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: ayam — this; ikṣvākudāyādo — the heir of the Ikṣvākus; rāmo — Rāma; nāma — by name; janaiḥ — by people; śrutaḥ — heard of, known; asyaivāvarajaṃ — his very younger brother; viddhi — know!; bhrātaraṃ — brother; māṃ — me; ca — and; lakṣmaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa

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.