Chapter 51 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 51.5

स तानि शरजालानि गृध्रः पत्ररथेश्वरः। जटायुः प्रतिजग्राह रावणास्त्राणि संयुगे॥ तस्य तीक्ष्णनखाभ्यां तु चरणाभ्यां महाबलः। चकार बहुधा गात्रे व्रणान् पतगसत्तमः॥

sa tāni śarajālāni gṛdhraḥ patraratheśvaraḥ| jaṭāyuḥ pratijagrāha rāvaṇāstrāṇi saṃyuge|| tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ| cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇān patagasattamaḥ||

English Meaning

Jatayu, the king of birds, began to withstand in conflict the arrows and weapons darted by Rāvana, and wounded Rāvana's person with his feet supplies with sharpened talons.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)