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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.31

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.

3.67.31

na hi tasyāsty avijñātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu rāghava
sarvān parisṛto lokān purā vai kāraṇāntare

“For there is nothing unknown to him in the three worlds, O Rāghava; in olden days, on another occasion, he ranged over all the worlds.”

Words: na — not; hi — for; tasyāsty — to him there is; avijñātaṃ — (anything) unknown; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; rāghava — O Rāghava; sarvān — all; parisṛto — ranged over, traversed; lokān — the worlds; purā — in olden days, formerly; vai — indeed; kāraṇāntare — on another occasion / for another cause

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.