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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.48.15

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa. The aged vulture condemns the abduction, demands Sītā’s release and challenges the armed ruler despite his own disadvantage

In the sequence: he urges Rāvaṇa to release Sītā before bringing fatal consequences upon himself

3.48.15

kṣipraṃ visṛja vaidehīṃ mā tvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā
dahed dahana bhūtena vṛtram indrāśanir yathā

'Release Vaidehī at once, lest with his terrible, fire-become gaze he burn you up, as Indra's thunderbolt burned Vṛtra.'

Words: kṣipraṃ — quickly; visṛja — release; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī; mā — lest; tvā — you; ghoreṇa — with (his) terrible; cakṣuṣā — eye, gaze; dahed — would burn; dahana — fire; bhūtena — become (with); vṛtram — Vṛtra; indrāśanir — Indra's thunderbolt; yathā — as

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.