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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.17

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: he identifies the broken chariot and weapons as Rāvaṇa's and recounts how he brought the abductor down → Rāvaṇa then cut his wings and flew away with Sītā; Jaṭāyu begs Rāma not to strike him as well

3.63.17

etad asya dhanur bhagnam etad asya śarāvaram
ayam asya raṇe rāma bhagnaḥ sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ

“This here is his broken bow, this his quiver; this, Rāma, is his war-chariot, broken in the battle.

Words: etad — this; asya — his; dhanur — bow; bhagnam — broken; etad — this; asya — his; śarāvaram — quiver, arrow-holder; ayam — this; asya — his; raṇe — in battle; rāma — O Rāma; bhagnaḥ — broken; sāṃgrāmiko — of war, martial; rathaḥ — chariot

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.