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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.12

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

3.68.12

ṛṣyamūke girivare pampāparyantaśobhite
nivasaty ātmavān vīraś caturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ

“On the excellent mountain Ṛṣyamūka, made beautiful by the borders of Pampā, the self-possessed hero dwells with four monkeys.

Words: ṛṣyamūke — on Ṛṣyamūka; girivare — on the best of mountains; pampāparyantaśobhite — made beautiful by the borders of Pampā; nivasaty — dwells; ātmavān — self-possessed, resolute; vīraś — hero; caturbhiḥ — with four; saha — together with; vānaraiḥ — monkeys

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.