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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.34

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 sets Sītā down and attacks with fists and feet → after further fighting, he draws his sword and cuts Jaṭāyu's wings, feet, and flanks

3.49.34

tataḥ kruddho daśakrīvaḥ sītām utsṛjya vīryavān
muṣṭibhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ ca gṛdhrarājam apothayat

Then the enraged, mighty ten-necked one set Sītā down and battered the king of vultures with his fists and his feet.

Words: tataḥ — then; kruddho — angered; daśakrīvaḥ — the ten-necked (var. for daśagrīvaḥ); sītām — Sītā; utsṛjya — releasing, setting down; vīryavān — the valiant; muṣṭibhyāṃ — with (his two) fists; caraṇābhyāṃ — with (his two) feet; ca — and; gṛdhrarājam — the king of vultures; apothayat — crushed, pounded

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.