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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.11

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

3.66.11

asya devaprabhāvasya vasato vijane vane
rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā yām icchantāv ihāgatau

“As he, of divine power, was dwelling in a lonely forest, his wife was carried off by a rākṣasa; seeking her, we two have come here.

Words: asya — his, of him; devaprabhāvasya — of divine power; vasato — dwelling (gen.); vijane — in a lonely place; vane — in the forest; rakṣasāpahṛtā — carried off by a rākṣasa; bhāryā — the wife; yām — whom; icchantāv — the two seeking; ihāgatau — have come here (dual)

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.