Chapter 126 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 126

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 126.23

न्यवर्तत तदा रामो मृगं हत्वा तदा वने॥ निवर्तमानः काकुत्स्थो दृष्ट्वा गृधं स विव्यथे। गृधं हतं तदा दृष्ट्वा रामः प्रियतरं पितुः॥

nyavartata tadā rāmo mṛgaṃ hatvā tadā vane|| nivartamānaḥ kākutstho dṛṣṭvā gṛdhaṃ sa vivyathe| gṛdhaṃ hataṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ priyataraṃ pituḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon returned Rāma after having slain the deer in the forest. Having returned and seen the vulture, dearer than his father, slain, Rāma, the descendant of Kākutstha was pained.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)