स राक्षसरथे पश्यञ्जानकी बाष्पलोचनाम्। अचिन्तयित्वा बाणांस्तान् राक्षसं समभिद्रवत्॥ ततोऽस्य सशरं चापं मुक्तामणिविभूषितम्। चरणाभ्यां महातेजा बभञ्ज पतगोत्तमः॥
sa rākṣasarathe paśyañjānakī bāṣpalocanām| acintayitvā bāṇāṃstān rākṣasaṃ samabhidravat|| tato'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam| caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patagottamaḥ||
English Meaning
Beholding Jānaki with tears in her eyes in that Raksasa's car, Jatayu, the king of birds, disregarding those arrows, darted towards Rāvana, and with his feet broke asunder his bow with the arrows, adorned with pearls and diamonds.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)