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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.33

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 tears off his ten left arms with his beak

3.49.33

jaṭāyus tam atikramya tuṇḍenāsya kharādhipaḥ
vāmabāhūn daśa tadā vyapāharad ariṃdamaḥ

Jaṭāyus, that subduer of foes, closing in on him, then tore off with his beak the ten left arms of that lord of the ass-drawn car.

Words: jaṭāyus — Jaṭāyus; tam — him; atikramya — closing in on, overtaking; tuṇḍenāsya — with (his) beak, his; kharādhipaḥ — the lord of the ass-drawn car (Rāvaṇa); vāmabāhūn — left arms; daśa — ten; tadā — then; vyapāharad — tore off; ariṃdamaḥ — the subduer of foes

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.