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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.5

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: acting together, Rāma severs the right arm at the shoulder and Lakṣmaṇa the left

3.66.5

tatas tau deśakālajñau khaḍgābhyām eva rāghavau
acchindatāṃ susaṃhṛṣṭau bāhū tasyāṃsadeśayoḥ

Then the two Rāghavas, knowing time and place, most eager, cut off his two arms at the shoulder-joints with their swords.

Words: tatas — then; tau — the two; deśakālajñau — knowing place and time (dual); khaḍgābhyām — with the two swords; eva — indeed; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas; acchindatāṃ — the two cut off; susaṃhṛṣṭau — most eager (dual); bāhū — the two arms; tasyāṃsadeśayoḥ — at the region of his two shoulders

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.