Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.25

नाथं पतगलोकस्य चितिमारोपयाम्यहम्। इमं धक्ष्यामि सौमित्रे हृतं रौद्रेण रक्षसा॥

nāthaṃ patagalokasya citimāropayāmyaham| imaṃ dhakṣyāmi saumitre hṛtaṃ raudreṇa rakṣasā||

English Meaning

Placing on a funeral pile, I shall cremate, O Saumitrī, the dead body of this king of birds who has been destroyed by the grim-visaged Raksasas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)