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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.36

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: Jaṭāyu’s offer. Daśaratha’s vulture friend recounts the ancestry of Devas, animals and humankind, identifies his own lineage and offers to guard Sītā

In the sequence: delighted by his recollections of Daśaratha, Rāma embraces and honors him, entrusts Sītā to his protection, and continues toward Pañcavaṭī.

3.13.36

sa tatra sītāṃ paridāya maithilīṃ sahaiva tenātibalena pakṣiṇā
jagāma tāṃ pañcavaṭīṃ salakṣmaṇo ripūn didhakṣañ śalabhān ivānalaḥ

There, entrusting Sītā of Mithilā to that mighty bird, he went, together with Lakṣmaṇa, toward that Pañcavaṭī, eager to burn up his foes as fire burns up locusts.

Words: sa — he; tatra — there; sītāṃ — Sītā; paridāya — having entrusted, handed over; maithilīṃ — the princess of Mithilā; sahaiva — together with; tenātibalena — with that mighty one; pakṣiṇā — bird; jagāma — went; tāṃ — that; pañcavaṭīṃ — Pañcavaṭī; salakṣmaṇo — together with Lakṣmaṇa; ripūn — the foes, enemies; didhakṣañ — eager to burn; śalabhān — locusts; ivānalaḥ — like fire

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.