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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.63.25
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.
3.63.25
ity evam uktvā bahuśo rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
jaṭāyuṣaṃ ca pasparśa pitṛsnehaṃ nidarśayan
Having spoken thus many times, Rāghava with Lakṣmaṇa caressed Jaṭāyu, showing him a father's affection.
Words: ity — thus; evam — thus, so; uktvā — having spoken; bahuśo — many times; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa; jaṭāyuṣaṃ — Jaṭāyu; ca — and; pasparśa — touched, caressed; pitṛsnehaṃ — a father's affection; nidarśayan — showing, displaying
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.