Araṇya Kāṇḍa 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again · 3.50.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.50.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again. He tears her from the trees and resumes the flight, flowers and ornaments fall while the landscape shares her distress

In the sequence: With Jaṭāyu lying near death, Sītā cries for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and wonders whether the disturbed animals will alert them

3.50.1

tam alpajīvitaṃ bhūmau sphurantaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
dadarśa gṛdhraṃ patitaṃ samīpe rāghavāśramāt

The lord of the rākṣasas saw the vulture, its life nearly spent, quivering as it lay fallen on the ground near Rāghava's hermitage.

Words: tam — him; alpajīvitaṃ — with little life left; bhūmau — on the ground; sphurantaṃ — quivering, twitching; rākṣasādhipaḥ — the lord of the rākṣasas; dadarśa — saw; gṛdhraṃ — the vulture; patitaṃ — fallen; samīpe — near; rāghavāśramāt — from Rāghava's hermitage

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.