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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Story of Kabandha. A ṛṣi’s curse and Indra’s thunderbolt produced his deformed body, he asks for cremation to restore his discernment and name a helpful ally

In the sequence: Indra's thunderbolt drove his head and thighs into his body

3.67.10

tasya bāhupramuktena vajreṇa śataparvaṇā
sakthinī ca śiraś caiva śarīre saṃpraveśitam

“By the hundred-jointed thunderbolt loosed from his arm, both my thighs and my head were driven into my body.

Words: tasya — his; bāhupramuktena — loosed from the arm; vajreṇa — by the thunderbolt; śataparvaṇā — the hundred-jointed; sakthinī — the two thighs; ca — and; śiraś — the head; caiva — and also; śarīre — into the body; saṃpraveśitam — were driven in, made to enter

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.