Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.2

जटायो यदि शक्नोषि वाक्यं व्याहरितुं पुनः। सीतामाख्याहि भद्रं ते वधमाख्याहि चात्मनः॥

jaṭāyo yadi śaknoṣi vākyaṃ vyāharituṃ punaḥ| sītāmākhyāhi bhadraṃ te vadhamākhyāhi cātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

May good betide you, O Jatayu; if you are capable of speaking again, do you relate how Sītā has been carried away and you have been killed.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)