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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.17
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 urges Rāma to lay down his weapon and approach peacefully → Sugrīva knows the world's regions and the haunts of the rākṣasas
3.68.17
saṃnidhāyāyudhaṃ kṣipram ṛṣyamūkālayaṃ kapim
kuru rāghava satyena vayasyaṃ vanacāriṇam
“Laying down your weapon at once, O Rāghava, make the monkey whose home is Ṛṣyamūka, that forest-ranger, your friend in good faith.
Words: saṃnidhāyāyudhaṃ — having laid down the weapon; kṣipram — quickly, at once; ṛṣyamūkālayaṃ — whose abode is Ṛṣyamūka; kapim — the monkey; kuru — make!; rāghava — O Rāghava; satyena — in truth, good faith; vayasyaṃ — friend, companion; vanacāriṇam — the forest-ranger
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.