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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.35

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

3.49.35

tato muhūrtaṃ saṃgrāmo babhūvātulavīryayoḥ
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pakṣiṇāṃ pravarasya ca

Then for a while a battle raged between those two of matchless valor — the chief of the rākṣasas and the foremost of birds.

Words: tato — then; muhūrtaṃ — for a while; saṃgrāmo — battle; babhūvātulavīryayoḥ — took place, of the two of matchless valor; rākṣasānāṃ — of the rākṣasas; ca — and; mukhyasya — of the chief; pakṣiṇāṃ — of the birds; pravarasya — of the best; ca — and

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.