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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.19
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: Jaṭāyu follows, condemns the abduction as a thief's act, warns that it will destroy Rāvaṇa and his people, and again demands a fight
3.49.19
vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya bhāryāṃ rāmasya rāvaṇa
alpabuddhe harasy enāṃ vadhāya khalu rakṣasām
O feeble-minded Rāvaṇa, you carry off the wife of Rāma, whose arrows strike like the thunderbolt — and it will surely mean the destruction of the rākṣasas!
Words: vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya — of him whose arrows strike like the thunderbolt; bhāryāṃ — wife; rāmasya — of Rāma; rāvaṇa — O Rāvaṇa; alpabuddhe — O feeble-minded one; harasy — you carry off; enāṃ — her; vadhāya — for the destruction; khalu — indeed; rakṣasām — of the rākṣasas
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.