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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 68: Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva. Restored by cremation, he urges a pledge before fire and explains how the two can help each other

In the sequence: invoking the need for sound policy when one's strength is reduced, he says that an alliance is essential to success

3.68.10

tad avaśyaṃ tvayā kāryaḥ sa suhṛt suhṛdāṃ vara
akṛtvā na hi te siddhim ahaṃ paśyāmi cintayan

“Therefore you must without fail make him your friend, O best of friends; for, reflecting, I do not see success for you without doing this.

Words: tad — therefore; avaśyaṃ — without fail, necessarily; tvayā — by you; kāryaḥ — to be made; sa — he, that one; suhṛt — friend, ally; suhṛdāṃ — of friends; vara — O best; akṛtvā — without doing; na — not; hi — for, indeed; te — for you; siddhim — success, accomplishment; ahaṃ — I; paśyāmi — see; cintayan — reflecting, pondering

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.