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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.7
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: Kabandha falls with a tremendous roar and again asks who they are
3.66.7
sa papāta mahābāhuś chinnabāhur mahāsvanaḥ
khaṃ ca gāṃ ca diśaś caiva nādayañ jalado yathā
He, the mighty-armed one, his arms severed, fell with a great crash, making sky, earth, and the quarters resound like a thundercloud.
Words: sa — he; papāta — fell; mahābāhuś — the mighty-armed one; chinnabāhur — with severed arms; mahāsvanaḥ — with a great roar; khaṃ — the sky; ca — and; gāṃ — the earth; ca — and; diśaś — the quarters, directions; caiva — and too; nādayañ — making resound; jalado — a raincloud; yathā — like
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.