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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.49.8

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 strikes him with ten more arrows → seeing Sītā in tears, Jaṭāyu presses the attack despite his wounds

3.49.8

atha krodhād daśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorāñ śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā

Then, in his fury, the ten-necked one, eager to crush his foe, seized ten dreadful arrows resembling the rod of Death.

Words: atha — then; krodhād — from anger; daśagrīvo — the ten-necked (Rāvaṇa); jagrāha — seized, took up; daśamārgaṇān — ten arrows; mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān — resembling the rod of Death; ghorāñ — terrible; śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā — with a desire to crush the enemy

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.