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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.11

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: he names Sugrīva, driven out by his brother Vālin and now living with four companions on Ṛṣyamūka beside Pampā

3.68.11

śrūyatāṃ rāma vakṣyāmi sugrīvo nāma vānaraḥ
bhrātrā nirastaḥ kruddhena vālinā śakrasūnunā

“Listen, Rāma, I will tell you: there is a monkey named Sugrīva, cast out by his angry brother Vālin, the son of Śakra.

Words: śrūyatāṃ — let it be heard; rāma — O Rāma; vakṣyāmi — I will tell; sugrīvo — Sugrīva; nāma — by name; vānaraḥ — a monkey; bhrātrā — by his brother; nirastaḥ — cast out, expelled; kruddhena — angry; vālinā — by Vālin; śakrasūnunā — the son of Śakra

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.