मार्गमाणस्तु वैदेहीं राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः। गोदावरीमनुचरन्वनोद्देशांश्च पुष्पितान्॥ आसेदतुर्महारण्ये कबन्धं नाम राक्षसम्। ततः कबन्धवचनाद्रामः सत्यपराक्रमः॥ ऋष्यमूकगिरं गत्वा सुग्रीवेण समागतः।
mārgamāṇastu vaidehīṃ rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ| godāvarīmanucaranvanoddeśāṃśca puṣpitān|| āsedaturmahāraṇye kabandhaṃ nāma rākṣasam| tataḥ kabandhavacanādrāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ|| ṛṣyamūkagiraṃ gatvā sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ|
English Meaning
And searching Vaidehi and ranging at the banks of Godaveri and forest-lands covered with flowers, Rāma with Laksmana, met in that huge forest a Rākşasa named Kabandha. Thereupon at the words of Kabandha, Rāma, having truth for his prowess, repairing to the mount Rishyamuka, was united with Sugrīva.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)