Araṇya Kāṇḍa 64: Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral · 3.64.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral. Jaṭāyu reports the southward flight and dies, Rāma cremates him as kin, offers deer meat and gives water in the Godāvarī

In the sequence: Seeing that Jaṭāyu is still breathing, Rāma asks him to speak once more if he can

3.64.1

rāmaḥ prekṣya tu taṃ gṛdhraṃ bhuvi raudreṇa pātitam
saumitriṃ mitrasaṃpannam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Beholding that vulture felled to the ground by the cruel one, Rāma spoke these words to Saumitri, who was rich in friendship.

Words: rāmaḥ — Rāma; prekṣya — having beheld; tu — and; taṃ gṛdhraṃ — that vulture; bhuvi — on the ground; raudreṇa — by the cruel one; pātitam — felled, struck down; saumitriṃ — to Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); mitrasaṃpannam — rich in friends; idaṃ vacanam — these words; abravīt — spoke

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.