निकृत्तपक्षं रुधिरावसिक्तं तं गृध्रराजं परिगृह्य राघवः। क्व मैथिली प्राणसमा गतेति विमुच्य वाचं निपपात भूमौ ॥
nikṛttapakṣaṃ rudhirāvasiktaṃ taṃ gṛdhrarājaṃ parigṛhya rāghavaḥ| kva maithilī prāṇasamā gateti vimucya vācaṃ nipapāta bhūmau ||
English Meaning
Embracing the king of vultures, bathed in blood, having its wings cut off, Rāghava, fell on the ground, exclaiming where has Maithili gone like to my life?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)