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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.66.9

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

3.66.9

iti tasya bruvāṇasya lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ
śaśaṃsa tasya kākutsthaṃ kabandhasya mahābalaḥ

As he spoke thus, Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks, of great might, told him, Kabandha, about Kākutstha (Rāma):

Words: iti — thus; tasya — of him; bruvāṇasya — speaking (gen.); lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; śubhalakṣaṇaḥ — of auspicious marks; śaśaṃsa — told, announced; tasya — to him; kākutsthaṃ — about Kākutstha (Rāma); kabandhasya — of Kabandha; mahābalaḥ — of great might

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.