← 3.64.7 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 64: Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral · 3.64.9 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.8

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: Jaṭāyu says that Rāvaṇa used powerful magic, cut his wings when he was exhausted, and carried Sītā away toward the south

3.64.8

tam udvīkṣyātha dīnātmā vilapantam anantaram
vācātisannayā rāmaṃ jaṭāyur idam abravīt

Then, gazing up at Rāma who was lamenting close by, the sorrowing Jaṭāyu, in a very failing voice, spoke this to him.

Words: tam — him; udvīkṣyātha — then having gazed up at; dīnātmā — the sorrowful one; vilapantam — lamenting; anantaram — close by, immediately after; vācātisannayā — in a very failing voice; rāmaṃ — to Rāma; jaṭāyur — Jaṭāyu; idam — this; abravīt — spoke

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.