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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.26

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

3.67.26

adagdhasya hi vijñātuṃ śaktir asti na me prabho
rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahāvīryaṃ sītā yena hṛtā tava

“For, unburned, I have not the power to know that rākṣasa of great might by whom your Sītā was carried off, O lord.

Words: adagdhasya — of the unburned one; hi — for; vijñātuṃ — to know, discern; śaktir — power; asti — is; na — not; me — my, to me; prabho — O lord; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa; taṃ — that; mahāvīryaṃ — of great might; sītā — Sītā; yena — by whom; hṛtā — was carried off; tava — your

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.