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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.69.36

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.

3.69.36

sa tat kabandhaḥ pratipadya rūpaṃ vṛtaḥ śriyā bhāskaratulyadehaḥ
nidarśayan rāmam avekṣya khasthaḥ sakhyaṃ kuruṣveti tadābhyuvāca

That Kabandha, having regained his form, invested with splendor, his body like the sun, pointing the way and looking upon Rāma from the sky, then said, 'Make a friendship.'

Words: sa — he; tat — that; kabandhaḥ — Kabandha; pratipadya — having regained, resumed; rūpaṃ — form, shape; vṛtaḥ — invested, encompassed; śriyā — with splendor, majesty; bhāskaratulyadehaḥ — with a body like the sun; nidarśayan — pointing out, showing; rāmam — Rāma; avekṣya — having looked upon; khasthaḥ — standing in the sky; sakhyaṃ — friendship; kuruṣveti — 'make!' thus; tadābhyuvāca — then he said

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.