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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.47.36

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Sītā’s abduction. Rāvaṇa reveals his ten-faced form and lifts her into his flying chariot, she calls on the forest, river and Jaṭāyu to inform Rāma

In the sequence: confident that he will recover her once he knows, she specifically calls on Jaṭāyu to report the whole abduction to both brothers.

3.47.36

rāmāya tu yathātattvaṃ jaṭāyo haraṇaṃ mama
lakṣmaṇāya ca tat sarvam ākhyātavyam aśeṣataḥ

'O Jaṭāyus, my abduction must be told, just as it happened, to Rāma and to Lakṣmaṇa — the whole of it, leaving nothing out.'

Words: rāmāya — to Rāma; tu — and; yathātattvaṃ — truthfully, as it really is; jaṭāyo — O Jaṭāyus; haraṇaṃ — the abduction; mama — of me; lakṣmaṇāya — to Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; tat — that; sarvam — all; ākhyātavyam — should be told; aśeṣataḥ — completely, without omission

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.