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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.21
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 laments that this aged friend of Daśaratha has suffered on his account → he tends and embraces the wounded bird before sinking to the ground in grief.
3.63.21
rājyād bhraṃśo vane vāsaḥ sītā naṣṭā hato dvijaḥ
īdṛśīyaṃ mamālakṣmīr nirdahed api pāvakam
“Fall from the kingdom, dwelling in the forest, Sītā lost, the bird slain — such is this ill fortune of mine, that could burn up even fire itself.
Words: rājyād — from the kingdom; bhraṃśo — fall, downfall; vane — in the forest; vāsaḥ — dwelling; sītā — Sītā; naṣṭā — lost; hato — slain; dvijaḥ — the bird; īdṛśīyaṃ — such is this; mamālakṣmīr — this ill fortune of mine; nirdahed — would burn up; api — even; pāvakam — fire
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.