Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.17

बहूनि रक्षसां वासे वर्षाणि वसता सुखम्। अनेन दण्डकारण्ये विशीर्णमिह पक्षिणा॥

bahūni rakṣasāṃ vāse varṣāṇi vasatā sukham| anena daṇḍakāraṇye viśīrṇamiha pakṣiṇā||

English Meaning

Living happily, for years, in this forest of Dandaka inhabited by the Rākşasas, Jațāyu has, at last, given up his life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)