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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.35

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.

3.69.35

gamyatāṃ kāryasiddhyartham iti tāv abravīc ca saḥ
suprītau tāv anujñāpya kabandhaḥ prasthitas tadā

'Go, for the accomplishment of your task,' he said to the two; and taking leave of the two well-pleased ones, Kabandha then set out.

Words: gamyatāṃ — let it be gone, go; kāryasiddhyartham — for the accomplishment of the task; iti — thus; tāv — to the two; abravīc — said; ca — and; saḥ — he; suprītau — the two well-pleased; tāv — the two; anujñāpya — having taken leave of, dismissed; kabandhaḥ — Kabandha; prasthitas — set out; tadā — then

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.