Chapter 56 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 56.1

उपविष्टास्तु ते सर्वे यस्मिन् प्रायं गिरिस्थले। हरयो गृध्रराजश्च तं देशमुपचक्रमे॥ सम्पातिर्नाम नाम्ना तु चिरजीवी विहंगमः। भ्राता जटायुषः श्रीमान् विख्यातबलपौरुषः॥

upaviṣṭāstu te sarve yasmin prāyaṃ giristhale| harayo gṛdhrarājaśca taṃ deśamupacakrame|| sampātirnāma nāmnā tu cirajīvī vihaṃgamaḥ| bhrātā jaṭāyuṣaḥ śrīmān vikhyātabalapauruṣaḥ||

English Meaning

When the monkeys had been seated in that mountain, with the intention of putting a period to their existence through fasting a king of vultures happened to come to that quarter. And that long-lived bird was named Sampāti, the beautiful brother of Jaţāyu, famous for his strength and prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)