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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.31

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: he lands on Rāvaṇa's back, claws him, drives in his beak, and tears out his hair

3.49.31

sa tathā gṛdhrarājena kliśyamāno muhur muhuḥ
amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ san prākampata sa rākṣasaḥ

Tormented thus again and again by the king of vultures, that rākṣasa, his lips quivering with rage, began to shake with fury.

Words: sa — he; tathā — thus; gṛdhrarājena — by the king of vultures; kliśyamāno — being tormented; muhur — again; muhuḥ — and again; amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ — with lips quivering in fury; san — being; prākampata — trembled, shook; sa — that; rākṣasaḥ — rākṣasa

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.