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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.38

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: Sītā runs to him, embraces him like a relative, and weeps over his wounds while Rāvaṇa looks on.

3.49.38

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam
abhyadhāvata vaidehī svabandhum iva duḥkhitā

Seeing Jaṭāyus fallen to the ground, drenched in blood, Vaidehī ran to him in her grief, as though to her own kinsman.

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; patitaṃ — fallen; bhūmau — to the ground; kṣatajārdraṃ — drenched in blood; jaṭāyuṣam — Jaṭāyus; abhyadhāvata — ran toward; vaidehī — Vaidehī; svabandhum — her own kinsman; iva — like; duḥkhitā — grieving

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.