Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.16

तं प्रहृष्टं निधायाङ्के रावणं जनकात्मजाम्। गच्छन्तं खङ्गशेषं च प्रणष्टहतसाधनम्॥ गृध्रराजः समुत्पत्य रावणं समभिद्रवत्। समावार्य महातेजा जटायुरिदमब्रवीत्॥

taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke rāvaṇaṃ janakātmajām| gacchantaṃ khaṅgaśeṣaṃ ca praṇaṣṭahatasādhanam|| gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya rāvaṇaṃ samabhidravat| samāvārya mahātejā jaṭāyuridamabravīt||

English Meaning

He had all his weapons broken in the conflict, and had but his dagger left to him. beholding him proceed thus pleased, taking the daughter of Janaka on his lap, all his weapons having been lost, with his sword alone left, the mighty and powerful lord of vultures, Jațāyu, rose up and, darting towards Rāvana, resisted him and said,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)