Chapter 60 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 60

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 60.20

ज्येष्ठोऽवितस्त्वं सम्पाते जटायुरनुजस्तव। मानुषं रूपमास्थाय गृह्णीतां चरणौ मम॥

jyeṣṭho'vitastvaṃ sampāte jaṭāyuranujastava| mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya gṛhṇītāṃ caraṇau mama||

English Meaning

You are I know, elder, O Sampati; and Jatayu is younger to you. Assuming human forms, you had taken hold of my feet.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)