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)