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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.16

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.

3.64.16

putro viśravasaḥ sākṣād bhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca
ity uktvā durlabhān prāṇān mumoca patageśvaraḥ

“He is the very son of Viśravas and brother of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)” — having said this, the lord of birds released his life-breaths so hard to keep.

Words: putro — the son; viśravasaḥ — of Viśravas; sākṣād — in person, verily; bhrātā — the brother; vaiśravaṇasya — of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera); ca — and; ity uktvā — having said this; durlabhān — hard to keep, hard to obtain; prāṇān — the life-breaths; mumoca — released, let go; patageśvaraḥ — the lord of birds

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.