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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.36

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.

3.64.36

sa gṛdhrarājaḥ kṛtavān yaśaskaraṃ suduṣkaraṃ karma raṇe nipātitaḥ
maharṣikalpena ca saṃskṛtas tadā jagāma puṇyāṃ gatim ātmanaḥ śubhām

That vulture-king, felled in battle, had done a glory-bringing, exceedingly difficult deed; and consecrated then like a great sage, he went to his own holy, auspicious goal.

Words: sa — that; gṛdhrarājaḥ — vulture-king; kṛtavān — had done; yaśaskaraṃ — glory-bringing; suduṣkaraṃ — exceedingly hard to do; karma — deed; raṇe — in battle; nipātitaḥ — felled, struck down; maharṣikalpena — like a great sage; ca — and; saṃskṛtas — consecrated, honoured with rites; tadā — then; jagāma — went; puṇyāṃ — holy, meritorious; gatim — goal, destiny; ātmanaḥ — his own; śubhām — auspicious

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.