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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.6

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

3.66.6

dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhum asaktam asinā tataḥ
ciccheda rāmo vegena savyaṃ vīras tu lakṣmaṇaḥ

Then Rāma, on the right, cut off the right arm cleanly with his sword by force, and the hero Lakṣmaṇa the left.

Words: dakṣiṇo — the one on the right; dakṣiṇaṃ — the right; bāhum — arm; asaktam — unhindered, cleanly; asinā — with the sword; tataḥ — then; ciccheda — cut off; rāmo — Rāma; vegena — with force, swiftly; savyaṃ — the left (arm); vīras — the hero; tu — and; lakṣmaṇaḥ — 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.