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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.35

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.

3.64.35

tato godāvarīṃ gatvā nadīṃ naravarātmajau
udakaṃ cakratus tasmai gṛdhrarājāya tāv ubhau

Then, having gone to the river Godāvarī, the two sons of the best of men, the two of them, made the water-offering for that vulture-king.

Words: tato — then; godāvarīṃ — the Godāvarī; gatvā — having gone to; nadīṃ — the river; naravarātmajau — the two sons of the best of men; udakaṃ — the water(-offering); cakratus — the two made; tasmai — for that; gṛdhrarājāya — for the vulture-king; tāv ubhau — the two of them both

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.