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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.13

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

3.64.13

vindo nāma muhūrto 'sau sa ca kākutstha nābudhat
jhaṣavad baḍiśaṃ gṛhya kṣipram eva vinaśyati

That muhūrta is named Vinda, and he, O Kākutstha, did not perceive it; like a fish that has swallowed the hook, he shall quickly perish.

Words: vindo — Vinda; nāma — by name; muhūrto — the muhūrta; 'sau — that; sa — he; ca — and; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; nābudhat — did not perceive; jhaṣavad — like a fish; baḍiśaṃ — the hook; gṛhya — having seized, swallowed; kṣipram — quickly; eva — indeed; vinaśyati — perishes

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.