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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.33
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: the brothers take leave of the radiant Kabandha → as he departs through the sky, he gives them one final reminder to make the alliance.
3.69.33
kabandhas tv anuśāsyaivaṃ tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau
sragvī bhāskaravarṇābhaḥ khe vyarocata vīryavān
Kabandha, having thus counseled both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, garlanded, radiant with the color of the sun, shone in the sky, mighty.
Words: kabandhas — Kabandha; tv — and; anuśāsyaivaṃ — having thus counseled; tāv — both; ubhau — the two; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; sragvī — garlanded; bhāskaravarṇābhaḥ — radiant with the sun's color; khe — in the sky; vyarocata — shone forth; vīryavān — mighty, valorous
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.