Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Kabandha’s Past Life
Text 3.71.17
अवश्यं ग्रहणं रामो मन्येऽहं समुपैष्यति।
इमां बुद्धिं पुरस्कृत्य देहन्यासकृतश्रमः॥
avaśyaṁ grahaṇaṁ rāmo manye ’haṁ samupaiṣyati
imāṁ buddhiṁ puraskṛtya deha-nyāsa-kṛta-śramaḥ
avaśyam = certainly; grahaṇam = within [my] grasp; rāmaḥ = Rāma; manye = thought; aham = I; samupaiṣyati = will come; imām = this; buddhim = idea; puraskṛtya = with; deha-nyāsa-kṛta-śramaḥ = I labored to do whatever I could to get rid of this body.
I thought, “Rāma will certainly come within [my] grasp.” With this idea, I labored to do whatever I could to get rid of this body.
Kabandha had faith in the words of the great sage [Sthūlaśirā]. He wanted to get rid of his body.