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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.7

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: he showers Jaṭāyu with arrows, but the bird endures them and tears his body with his talons

3.49.7

tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ
cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇān patagasattamaḥ

With his two feet and their sharp talons, the mighty Jaṭāyus, best of birds, tore many wounds in Rāvaṇa's body.

Words: tasya — his (Rāvaṇa's); tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ — with (his two) sharp-clawed; tu — and; caraṇābhyāṃ — with (his two) feet, talons; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one; cakāra — made; bahudhā — in many places; gātre — on the body; vraṇān — wounds; patagasattamaḥ — the best of birds

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.