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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.20

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: Sugrīva can send monkeys searching in every direction, through mountains, rivers, and caves, and help recover Sītā wherever she has been taken.

3.68.20

sa nadīr vipulāñ śailān giridurgāṇi kandarān
anviṣya vānaraiḥ sārdhaṃ patnīṃ te 'dhigamiṣyati

“Searching rivers, vast mountains, mountain-fastnesses, and caverns together with his monkeys, he will find your wife.

Words: sa — he; nadīr — rivers; vipulāñ — vast; śailān — mountains; giridurgāṇi — mountain-fastnesses; kandarān — caverns, grottoes; anviṣya — having searched; vānaraiḥ — with the monkeys; sārdhaṃ — together with; patnīṃ — wife; te — your; 'dhigamiṣyati — will find, discover

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.