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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.15

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu. Rāma mistakes him for Sītā’s killer, Jaṭāyu names Rāvaṇa and explains the wreckage, the brothers embrace him

In the sequence: Jaṭāyu speaks through the blood in his mouth and tells him that Rāvaṇa took Sītā and dealt him his fatal wounds

3.63.15

tvayā virahitā devī lakṣmaṇena ca rāghava
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena balīyasā

“Bereft of you and of Lakṣmaṇa, O Rāghava, the lady was seen by me being carried off by the mighty Rāvaṇa.

Words: tvayā — by you, from you; virahitā — bereft, parted; devī — the lady; lakṣmaṇena — from Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; rāghava — O Rāghava; hriyamāṇā — being carried off; mayā — by me; dṛṣṭā — was seen; rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; balīyasā — the mighty, stronger one

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.