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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.18

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: Seeing the aged bird exhausted, Rāvaṇa lifts Sītā and rises again

3.49.18

taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke gacchantaṃ janakātmajām
gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya jaṭāyur idam abravīt

As the exultant Rāvaṇa went off with Janaka's daughter set upon his lap, Jaṭāyus, the vulture king, flew up and spoke these words:

Words: taṃ — him; prahṛṣṭaṃ — elated; nidhāyāṅke — having placed on (his) lap; gacchantaṃ — going; janakātmajām — the daughter of Janaka; gṛdhrarājaḥ — the king of vultures; samutpatya — flying up; jaṭāyur — Jaṭāyus; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.