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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.25

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: Kabandha says he cannot yet identify Sītā's whereabouts: the curse has deprived him of his former discernment

3.67.25

divyam asti na me jñānaṃ nābhijānāmi maithilīm
yas tāṃ jñāsyati taṃ vakṣye dagdhaḥ svaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ

“I have no divine knowledge, and I do not know of Maithilī; but once burned and restored to my own form, I shall tell you of one who will know her.

Words: divyam — divine; asti — is, exists; na — not; me — my, to me; jñānaṃ — knowledge; nābhijānāmi — I do not know; maithilīm — Maithilī (Sītā); yas — who; tāṃ — her; jñāsyati — will know; taṃ — him; vakṣye — I shall tell; dagdhaḥ — burned; svaṃ — my own; rūpam — form; āsthitaḥ — restored to, abiding in

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.