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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.2

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: The brothers prepare the fire in a mountain cleft, and Lakṣmaṇa kindles the pyre all around

3.68.2

lakṣmaṇas tu maholkābhir jvalitābhiḥ samantataḥ
citām ādīpayām āsa sā prajajvāla sarvataḥ

And Lakṣmaṇa, with great blazing firebrands, kindled the pyre all around; it blazed up on every side.

Words: lakṣmaṇas — Lakṣmaṇa; tu — and; maholkābhir — with great firebrands; jvalitābhiḥ — blazing; samantataḥ — on all sides; citām — the pyre; ādīpayām āsa — kindled, set alight; sā — it (the pyre); prajajvāla — blazed up; sarvataḥ — on every side

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.