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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.12

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

3.64.12

yena yāti muhūrtena sītām ādāya rāvaṇaḥ
vipranaṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kṣipraṃ tat svāmipratipadyate

In whatever muhūrta Rāvaṇa goes off taking Sītā — the property that has been lost quickly returns to its owner.

Words: yena — by which; yāti — goes; muhūrtena — in the muhūrta (moment); sītām — Sītā; ādāya — having taken; rāvaṇaḥ — Rāvaṇa; vipranaṣṭaṃ — lost, vanished; dhanaṃ — wealth, property; kṣipraṃ — quickly; tat — that; svāmipratipadyate — returns to its owner

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.