Araṇya Kāṇḍa 69: Kabandha’s directions to Pampā · 3.69.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kabandha’s directions to Pampā. He describes food and cool water, Śabarī’s hermitage and unfading flowers, then Sugrīva’s refuge on Ṛṣyamūka

In the sequence: Kabandha points out a westward route through flowering, fruit-bearing forests and over mountains toward Pampā

3.69.1

nidarśayitvā rāmāya sītāyāḥ pratipādane
vākyam anvartham arthajñaḥ kabandhaḥ punar abravīt

Having pointed out to Rāma the means for recovering Sītā, Kabandha, knower of what things mean, again spoke apt words.

Words: nidarśayitvā — having pointed out, shown; rāmāya — to Rāma; sītāyāḥ — of Sītā; pratipādane — for the recovery, restoration; vākyam — words, speech; anvartham — apt, full of meaning; arthajñaḥ — knower of meanings; kabandhaḥ — Kabandha; punar — again; abravīt — spoke

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.