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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.11

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: with his sight failing, Jaṭāyu says that the abduction occurred in the muhūrta called Vinda, when lost property returns to its owner → he assures Rāma that he will kill the abductor and recover Sītā

3.64.11

uparudhyanti me prāṇā dṛṣṭir bhramati rāghava
paśyāmi vṛkṣān sauvarṇān uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān

My life-breaths are failing, my sight reels, O Rāghava; I see golden trees with their tops made of uśīra grass.

Words: uparudhyanti — are being obstructed, failing; me — my; prāṇā — the life-breaths; dṛṣṭir — the sight; bhramati — reels, wanders; rāghava — O Rāghava; paśyāmi — I see; vṛkṣān — trees; sauvarṇān — golden; uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān — with tops made of uśīra grass

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.