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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.39
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.
3.49.39
taṃ nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ supāṇḍuroraskam udāravīryam
dadarśa laṅkādhipatiḥ pṛthivyāṃ jaṭāyuṣaṃ śāntam ivāgnidāvam
The lord of Laṅkā gazed upon Jaṭāyus lying on the earth — dark as a rain-cloud, his breast gleaming pale, of noble valor — like a forest fire burned out.
Words: taṃ — him; nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ — resembling a dark thundercloud; supāṇḍuroraskam — with a very pale breast; udāravīryam — of noble valor; dadarśa — gazed upon, beheld; laṅkādhipatiḥ — the lord of Laṅkā; pṛthivyāṃ — on the earth; jaṭāyuṣaṃ — Jaṭāyus; śāntam — quenched, extinguished; ivāgnidāvam — like a forest fire
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.