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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.68.4

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: as Kabandha's great body burns, he rises from it in a radiant form, wearing spotless clothing and a divine garland

3.68.4

sa vidhūya citām āśu vidhūmo 'gnir ivotthitaḥ
araje vāsasī vibhran mālāṃ divyāṃ mahābalaḥ

Shaking off the pyre swiftly, the mighty one rose up like a smokeless flame, wearing a pair of dustless garments and a divine garland.

Words: sa — he; vidhūya — having shaken off; citām — the pyre; āśu — swiftly; vidhūmo — smokeless; 'gnir — fire; ivotthitaḥ — risen up, as if; araje — dustless (dual); vāsasī — the two garments; vibhran — wearing, bearing; mālāṃ — a garland; divyāṃ — divine; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one

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.