Araṇya Kāṇḍa 49: Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall · 3.49.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall. He wrecks Rāvaṇa’s chariot and renews the attack, Rāvaṇa cuts his wings, feet and flanks, Sītā embraces him

In the sequence: Rāvaṇa attacks in fury, and a fierce aerial battle begins

3.49.1

ity uktasya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā
kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ sarvā rejur viṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ

When Rāvaṇa had been thus fittingly rebuked by Jaṭāyus, all twenty eyes of the enraged demon blazed like fire.

Words: ity — thus; uktasya — of (him) addressed; yathānyāyaṃ — fittingly, according to propriety; rāvaṇasya — of Rāvaṇa; jaṭāyuṣā — by Jaṭāyus; kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ — of the angry one, fire-like; sarvā — all; rejur — shone, blazed; viṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ — the twenty eyes

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.