Chapter 35 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 35.50

तव नाशं च वैदेहि वालिनश्च तथा वधम्॥ प्रायोपवेशमस्माकं मरणं च जटायुषः। तेषां नः स्वामिसंदेशानिराशानां मुमूर्षताम्॥ कार्यहेतोरिहायातः शकुनिर्वीर्यवान् महान्। गृध्रराजस्य सोदर्यः सम्पातिर्नाम गृध्रराट्॥

tava nāśaṃ ca vaidehi vālinaśca tathā vadham|| prāyopaveśamasmākaṃ maraṇaṃ ca jaṭāyuṣaḥ| teṣāṃ naḥ svāmisaṃdeśānirāśānāṃ mumūrṣatām|| kāryahetorihāyātaḥ śakunirvīryavān mahān| gṛdhrarājasya sodaryaḥ sampātirnāma gṛdhrarāṭ||

English Meaning

O Vaidehī, mentioning your rape, the destruction of Vāli in that way, our fastings and Jatayu's death. While we were thus waiting, ready for death and giving up all hopes for the fulfilment of our master's behest, there appeared, as if the cause of our success, the mighty and powerful vulture, the brother of Jațãyu, by name Sampati.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)