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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.15

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: he identifies Rāvaṇa as Viśravas's son and Kubera's brother, then dies while Rāma is still asking him to speak.

3.64.15

asaṃmūḍhasya gṛdhrasya rāmaṃ pratyanubhāṣataḥ
āsyāt susrāva rudhiraṃ mriyamāṇasya sāmiṣam

From the mouth of the vulture, unbewildered, answering Rāma even as he lay dying, blood flowed forth mingled with bits of flesh.

Words: asaṃmūḍhasya — of the unbewildered one; gṛdhrasya — of the vulture; rāmaṃ — Rāma; pratyanubhāṣataḥ — answering, replying to; āsyāt — from the mouth; susrāva — flowed forth; rudhiraṃ — blood; mriyamāṇasya — of the dying one; sāmiṣam — together with bits of flesh

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.