Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Kabandha’s Past Life
Text 3.71.19
अहं हि मतिसाचिव्यं करिष्यामि नरर्षभ।
मित्रं चैवोपदेक्ष्यामि युवाभ्यां संस्कृतोऽग्निना॥
ahaṁ hi mati-sācivyaṁ kariṣyāmi nara-rṣabha
mitraṁ caivopadekṣyāmi yuvābhyāṁ saṁskṛto ’gninā
aham hi = I; mati-sācivyam kariṣyāmi = will assist You with my intelligence; nara-ṛṣabha = O Prince; mitram = about a friend [who can help You]; ca eva = and; upadekṣyāmi = inform [You]; yuvābhyām = both of You; saṁskṛtaḥ = if consecrate [my current body]; agninā = with fire.
O Prince, if both of You consecrate [my current body] with fire, I will assist You with my intelligence and inform [You] about a friend [who can help You].