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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.5

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 asks why Rāvaṇa attacked, what Sītā said, and what is known of the abductor's appearance, strength, and home

3.64.5

kiṃnimitto 'harat sītāṃ rāvaṇas tasya kiṃ mayā
aparāddhaṃ tu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā

For what reason did Rāvaṇa carry off Sītā? What wrong was done by me to him, seeing which my beloved was seized by Rāvaṇa?

Words: kiṃnimitto — for what reason; 'harat — carried off; sītāṃ — Sītā; rāvaṇas — Rāvaṇa; tasya — to him; kiṃ — what; mayā — by me; aparāddhaṃ — wrong done, offence; tu — but; yaṃ — which; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; hṛtā — was seized, carried off; priyā — the beloved

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.