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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.34

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 recites the rites prescribed for a deceased person → both brothers go to the Godāvarī and make the water-offering, completing the honors for Jaṭāyu.

3.64.34

yat tat pretasya martyasya kathayanti dvijātayaḥ
tat svargagamanaṃ tasya kṣipraṃ rāmo jajāpa ha

That which the twice-born declare for a deceased mortal, that (rite) for his going to heaven, Rāma quickly muttered for him.

Words: yat — which; tat — that; pretasya — of the deceased, departed; martyasya — of the mortal; kathayanti — declare, prescribe; dvijātayaḥ — the twice-born; tat — that; svargagamanaṃ — the going to heaven; tasya — his, for him; kṣipraṃ — quickly; rāmo — Rāma; jajāpa — muttered, recited softly; ha — indeed

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.