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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.29

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 blesses Jaṭāyu with the destinations earned by sacrifice, generosity, and courage, then cremates him as a kinsman

3.64.29

yā gatir yajñaśīlānām āhitāgneś ca yā gatiḥ
aparāvartināṃ yā ca yā ca bhūmipradāyinām

The goal that belongs to those devoted to sacrifice, and the goal of one who maintains the sacred fires, and that of those who never turn back (in battle), and that of the givers of land —

Words: yā — which; gatir — goal, destiny; yajñaśīlānām — of those devoted to sacrifice; āhitāgneś — of one who maintains the sacred fire; ca — and; yā — which; gatiḥ — goal; aparāvartināṃ — of those who do not turn back; yā — which; ca — and; yā — which; ca — and; bhūmipradāyinām — of the givers of land

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.