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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.19

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

3.68.19

na tasyāviditaṃ loke kiṃ cid asti hi rāghava
yāvat sūryaḥ pratapati sahasrāṃśur ariṃdama

“There is nothing at all in the world unknown to him, O Rāghava, as far as the thousand-rayed Sun shines, O tamer of foes.

Words: na — not; tasyāviditaṃ — unknown to him; loke — in the world; kiṃ cid — anything; asti — there is; hi — for, indeed; rāghava — O Rāghava; yāvat — as far as; sūryaḥ — the Sun; pratapati — shines, radiates heat; sahasrāṃśur — thousand-rayed; ariṃdama — O tamer of foes

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.