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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.16

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: the witnesses praise Jaṭāyu.

3.49.16

dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam
sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājam apūjayan

Seeing Rāvaṇa fallen to the earth, his vehicle wrecked, all creatures cried 'Well done! Well done!' and honored the king of vultures.

Words: dṛṣṭvā — seeing; nipatitaṃ — fallen; bhūmau — to the ground; rāvaṇaṃ — Rāvaṇa; bhagnavāhanam — with broken vehicle; sādhu — 'well done!'; sādhv — 'well done!'; iti — thus; bhūtāni — the beings, creatures; gṛdhrarājam — the king of vultures; apūjayan — honored, praised

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.