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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.13

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: Rāma should pledge friendship before a fire

3.68.13

vayasyaṃ taṃ kuru kṣipram ito gatvādya rāghava
adrohāya samāgamya dīpyamāne vibhāvasau

“Go there quickly today from here, O Rāghava, and make him your friend, meeting him before the blazing fire as a pledge of good faith.

Words: vayasyaṃ — friend, companion; taṃ — him; kuru — make!; kṣipram — quickly; ito — from here; gatvādya — having gone today; rāghava — O Rāghava; adrohāya — for non-betrayal, good faith; samāgamya — having met, come together; dīpyamāne — blazing (loc.); vibhāvasau — the fire (loc.)

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.