तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद् रावणेन हृता बलात्। रामस्य तु पितुर्मित्रं जटायुर्नाम गृध्रराट्॥ ददर्श सीतां वैदेहीं ह्रियमाणां विहायसा। रावणं विरथं कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा च मैथिलीम्। परिश्रान्तश्च वृद्धश्च रावणेन हतो रणे॥
tasya bhāryā janasthānād rāvaṇena hṛtā balāt| rāmasya tu piturmitraṃ jaṭāyurnāma gṛdhrarāṭ|| dadarśa sītāṃ vaidehīṃ hriyamāṇāṃ vihāyasā| rāvaṇaṃ virathaṃ kṛtvā sthāpayitvā ca maithilīm| pariśrāntaśca vṛddhaśca rāvaṇena hato raṇe||
English Meaning
His spouse was forcibly carried away from Janasthāna. And the friend of Rāma's father, the king of vultures, named Jatayu, saw Videha's daughter, Sītā, as she was being carried away in the sky. And after having thrown down Rāvana from his car, and placed Maithili on the ground, (that vulture) old and overcome with fatigue was (at length) slain by Ravana in battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)