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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.2

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: Rāma accepts Lakṣmaṇa's advice, controls his anger, and asks what they should do next

3.63.2

saṃnigṛhya mahābāhuḥ pravṛddhaṃ kopam ātmanaḥ
avaṣṭabhya dhanuś citraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt

Restraining the swollen anger within him, the mighty-armed Rāma, leaning on his gleaming bow, said to Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: saṃnigṛhya — having restrained, checked; mahābāhuḥ — the mighty-armed one; pravṛddhaṃ — swollen, grown great; kopam — anger; ātmanaḥ — of himself, his own; avaṣṭabhya — leaning on, propping; dhanuś — the bow; citraṃ — gleaming, variegated; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇam — to Lakṣmaṇa; abravīt — said

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.