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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.11

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: he breaks Rāvaṇa's bow with his talons and tears away the armor with his wings

3.49.11

tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam
caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patageśvaraḥ

Then the resplendent lord of birds, with his talons, shattered Rāvaṇa's bow — arrow and all — adorned though it was with pearls and gems.

Words: tato — then; 'sya — his; saśaraṃ — together with the arrow; cāpaṃ — bow; muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam — adorned with pearls and gems; caraṇābhyāṃ — with (his two) talons; mahātejā — the greatly splendid; babhañja — broke, shattered; patageśvaraḥ — the lord of birds

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.