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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.22

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

3.49.22

baddhas tvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatas tasya mokṣyase
vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā

Bound in the noose of Death, wherever you go, how will you escape it — like a fish that has swallowed the baited hook to its own doom?

Words: baddhas — bound; tvaṃ — you; kālapāśena — by the noose of Death; kva — where; gatas — having gone; tasya — from it; mokṣyase — will you be freed; vadhāya — for (its own) death; baḍiśaṃ — the hook; gṛhya — having seized, swallowed; sāmiṣaṃ — with the bait; jalajo — a fish; yathā — as

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.