Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Kabandha’s Past Life
Text 3.71.15
स तु मामब्रवीदिन्द्रो यदा रामः सलक्ष्मणः।
छेत्स्यते समरे बाहू तदा स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि॥
sa tu mām abravīd indro yadā rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ
chetsyate samare bāhū tadā svargaṁ gamiṣyasi
saḥ1 tu = but; mām = me; abravīt = told; indraḥ = Indra; yadā = when; rāmaḥ = Rāma; salakṣmaṇaḥ = and Lakṣmaṇa; chetsyate = cut off; samare = in battle; bāhū = your arms; tadā2 svargam = to Svarga; gamiṣyasi = you will go.
But Indra told me, “When Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa cut off your arms in battle, you will go to Svarga.”