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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.6

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

3.64.6

kathaṃ tac candrasaṃkāśaṃ mukham āsīn manoharam
sītayā kāni coktāni tasmin kāle dvijottama

How was that moon-like, enchanting face of hers, and what did Sītā say at that time, O best of the twice-born?

Words: kathaṃ — how; tac — that; candrasaṃkāśaṃ — moon-like; mukham — face; āsīn — was; manoharam — enchanting, captivating; sītayā — by Sītā; kāni — what things; coktāni — and were said; tasmin kāle — at that time; dvijottama — O best of the twice-born

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.