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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.16

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 too foretold that Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa would cut off his arms and release him to heaven

3.67.16

sa tvaṃ rāmo 'si bhadraṃ te nāham anyena rāghava
śakyo hantuṃ yathātattvam evam uktaṃ maharṣiṇā

“You are that Rāma — blessings on you! I cannot in truth be slain by any other, O Rāghava; so it was foretold by the great seer.

Words: sa — that; tvaṃ — you; rāmo — Rāma; 'si — are; bhadraṃ — blessing, good fortune; te — to you; nāham — not I; anyena — by another; rāghava — O Rāghava; śakyo — able, capable (of being); hantuṃ — to be slain; yathātattvam — truly, in accordance with truth; evam — thus; uktaṃ — was said; maharṣiṇā — by the great seer

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.