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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.64.9
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
3.64.9
sā hṛtā rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena vihāyasā
māyām āsthāya vipulāṃ vātadurdinasaṃkulām
She was carried off through the sky by the lord of rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, who resorted to a vast magic, thick with wind and storm.
Words: sā — she; hṛtā — was carried off; rākṣasendreṇa — by the lord of rākṣasas; rāvaṇena — by Rāvaṇa; vihāyasā — through the sky; māyām — magic, illusion; āsthāya — having resorted to, employed; vipulāṃ — vast, great; vātadurdinasaṃkulām — thick with wind and stormy weather
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.