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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.29

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: he asks them to burn him before sunset → once restored, he will name a knowledgeable and trustworthy ally who can help them find the abductor.

3.67.29

dagdhas tvayāham avaṭe nyāyena raghunandana
vakṣyāmi tam ahaṃ vīra yas taṃ jñāsyati rākṣasaṃ

“When I have been burned by you in the pit in due manner, O joy of the Raghus, I shall tell you, hero, of him who will know that rākṣasa.

Words: dagdhas — burned; tvayāham — by you I; avaṭe — in the pit; nyāyena — in due manner, rightly; raghunandana — O joy of the Raghus; vakṣyāmi — I shall tell; tam — him; ahaṃ — I; vīra — O hero; yas — who; taṃ — that; jñāsyati — will know; rākṣasaṃ — rākṣasa

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.