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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.10

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 strikes him with ten more arrows → seeing Sītā in tears, Jaṭāyu presses the attack despite his wounds

3.49.10

sa rākṣasarathe paśyañ jānakīṃ bāṣpalocanām
acintayitvā bāṇāṃs tān rākṣasaṃ samabhidravat

Seeing Jānakī, her eyes brimming with tears, upon the rākṣasa's chariot, Jaṭāyus paid no heed to those arrows and charged at the rākṣasa.

Words: sa — he; rākṣasarathe — on the rākṣasa's chariot; paśyañ — seeing; jānakīṃ — Jānakī (Sītā); bāṣpalocanām — with tearful eyes; acintayitvā — disregarding, heedless of; bāṇāṃs — the arrows; tān — those; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa; samabhidravat — rushed upon

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.