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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.14
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: remembering Indra's words, Kabandha welcomes them with relief and begins to explain the misconduct that caused his condition.
3.66.14
svāgataṃ vāṃ naravyāghrau diṣṭyā paśyāmi cāpy aham
diṣṭyā cemau nikṛttau me yuvābhyāṃ bāhubandhanau
“Welcome to you two, O tigers among men; and by good fortune I behold you; and by good fortune these two fettering arms of mine have been severed by you both.
Words: svāgataṃ — welcome; vāṃ — to you two; naravyāghrau — O tigers among men (dual); diṣṭyā — by good fortune, thank heaven; paśyāmi — I behold; cāpy — and even; aham — I; diṣṭyā — by good fortune; cemau — and these two; nikṛttau — severed (dual); me — my; yuvābhyāṃ — by you two; bāhubandhanau — the two arms that fettered me
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.