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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.9

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: after winning long life from Brahmā, he became arrogant and attacked Indra

3.67.9

dīrgham āyur mayā prāptaṃ kiṃ me śakraḥ kariṣyati
ity evaṃ buddhim āsthāya raṇe śakram adharṣayam

“‘Long life has been won by me — what can Indra do to me?’ — settling on such a resolve, I assailed Indra in battle.

Words: dīrgham — long; āyur — life; mayā — by me; prāptaṃ — won, obtained; kiṃ — what; me — to me; śakraḥ — Śakra (Indra); kariṣyati — will do; ity — thus; evaṃ — so; buddhim — resolve, notion; āsthāya — having settled on, adopted; raṇe — in battle; śakram — Śakra (Indra); adharṣayam — I assailed, attacked

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.