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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.13

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 kills the donkey-team and wrecks the chariot, parasol, and fans → with his driver also killed, Rāvaṇa falls to the ground still holding Sītā

3.49.13

kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśācavadanān kharān
tāṃś cāsya javasaṃpannāñ jaghāna samare balī

And the mighty Jaṭāyus slew in battle those swift, divine, goblin-faced donkeys of his, decked with golden chest-trappings.

Words: kāñcanoraśchadān — with golden chest-coverings; divyān — divine; piśācavadanān — goblin-faced; kharān — the donkeys; tāṃś — those; cāsya — and his; javasaṃpannāñ — endowed with speed; jaghāna — slew; samare — in battle; balī — the strong one (Jaṭāyus)

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.