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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.40

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.

3.49.40

tatas tu taṃ patrarathaṃ mahītale nipātitaṃ rāvaṇavegamarditam
punaḥ pariṣvajya śaśiprabhānanā ruroda sītā janakātmajā tadā

Then Sītā, Janaka's daughter, her face bright as the moon, embracing once more that bird struck down upon the earth, crushed by Rāvaṇa's onslaught, broke into weeping.

Words: tatas — then; tu — but; taṃ — him; patrarathaṃ — the bird; mahītale — on the earth's surface; nipātitaṃ — struck down; rāvaṇavegamarditam — crushed by Rāvaṇa's force; punaḥ — again; pariṣvajya — embracing; śaśiprabhānanā — with a face bright as the moon; ruroda — wept; sītā — Sītā; janakātmajā — the daughter of Janaka; tadā — then

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.