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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.2

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: Rāvaṇa attacks in fury, and a fierce aerial battle begins

3.49.2

saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāt taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ
rākṣasendro 'bhidudrāva patagendram amarṣaṇaḥ

Red-eyed with rage, his earrings of burnished gold, the furious lord of the rākṣasas rushed upon the lord of birds.

Words: saṃraktanayanaḥ — with red eyes; kopāt — from anger; taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ — with earrings of burnished gold; rākṣasendro — the lord of rākṣasas; 'bhidudrāva — rushed upon, attacked; patagendram — the lord of birds; amarṣaṇaḥ — furious, impatient

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.