Jatayu falls
॥ 3.51.21 ॥
CrEd 3.49.17
silent moment
॥ 3.51.29 ॥
CrEd 3.49.24
Jatayu
Sanskrit
यथा त्वया कृतं कर्म भीरुणा लोकगर्हितम् तस्कराचरितो मार्गो नैष वीरनिषेवितः ॥
yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ
English
This deed that you have done,
coward, the world condemns;
this is the road that thieves walk,
not one that heroes tread.
॥ 3.51.30 ॥
CrEd 3.49.25
Jatayu
Sanskrit
युध्यस्व यदि शूरोऽसि मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ रावण शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ यथा भ्राता खरस् तथा ॥
yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā bhrātā kharas tathā
English
Fight, if you are brave!
Stand a moment, Ravana,
and you will lie slain on the ground,
as your brother Khara lies.
॥ 3.51.36 ॥
CrEd 3.49.31
silent moment
॥ 3.51.40 ॥
CrEd 3.49.34
silent moment
॥ 3.51.42–43 ॥
CrEd 3.49.36–37
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तस्य व्यायच्छमानस्य रामस्यार्थेऽथ रावणः ।
पक्षौ पादौ च पार्श्वौ च खड्गम् उद्धृत्य सोऽच्छिनत् ।
स छिन्नपक्षः सहसा रक्षसा रौद्रकर्मणा ।
निपपात हतो गृध्रो धरण्याम् अल्पजीवितः ॥
tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe 'tha rāvaṇaḥ
pakṣau pādau ca pārśvau ca khaḍgam uddhṛtya so 'cchinat
sa chinnapakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā
nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ
English
Then, as he struggled on
for Rama’s sake, Ravana
drew his sword and cut off
his wings, his feet and his flanks.
His wings cut off by the rakshasa
of savage deeds, the vulture
fell suddenly to earth, struck down,
with little life left in him.
॥ 3.51.44–45 ॥
CrEd 3.49.38–39
silent moment
॥ 3.51.46 ॥
CrEd 3.49.40
silent moment
॥ 3.52.4 ॥
Sita
Sanskrit
अयं हि कृपया राम मां त्रातुम् इह संगतः शेते विनिहतो भूमौ ममाभाग्याद् विहंगमः ॥
ayaṃ hi kṛpayā rāma māṃ trātum iha saṃgataḥ śete vinihato bhūmau mamābhāgyād vihaṃgamaḥ
English
For this bird, Rama, out of pity,
came here to save me,
and lies struck down on the ground
through my ill fortune.
॥ 3.52.5 ॥
CrEd 3.50.5
Sita
Sanskrit
त्राहि माम् अद्य काकुत्स्थ लक्ष्मणेति वराङ्गना सुसंत्रस्ता समाक्रन्दच् छृण्वतां तु यथान्तिके ॥
trāhi mām adya kākutstha lakṣmaṇeti varāṅganā susaṃtrastā samākrandac chṛṇvatāṃ tu yathāntike
English
“Save me now, Kakutstha!
Lakshmana!” the lovely lady
cried out in utter terror,
as if they were near enough to hear.
॥ 3.52.6–7 ॥
CrEd 3.50.6–7
silent moment
॥ 3.52.7–8 ॥
CrEd 3.50.7
Ravana
Sanskrit
तां लताम् इव वेष्टन्तीम् आलिङ्गन्तीं महाद्रुमान् मुञ्च मुञ्चेति बहुशः प्रवदन् राक्षसाधिपः ॥
tāṃ latām iva veṣṭantīm āliṅgantīṃ mahādrumān muñca muñceti bahuśaḥ pravadan rākṣasādhipaḥ
English
As she wound about the great trees
like a creeper, clinging to them,
“Let go! Let go!” said
the lord of rakshasas, again and again.
॥ 3.52.8 ॥
CrEd 3.50.8
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
क्रोशन्तीं राम रामेति रामेण रहितां वने ।
जीवितान्ताय केशेषु जग्राहान्तकसंनिभः ॥
krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti rāmeṇa rahitāṃ vane
jīvitāntāya keśeṣu jagrāhāntakasaṃnibhaḥ
English
As she cried, “Rama, Rama!”,
bereft of Rama in the forest,
he, like Death, seized her by the hair,
for the ending of a life.
॥ 3.52.9–10a ॥
CrEd 3.50.9
silent moment
॥ 3.52.10b–11a ॥
CrEd 3.50.10
Brahma
Sanskrit
दृष्ट्वा सीतां परामृष्टां दीनां दिव्येन चक्षुषा कृतं कार्यम् इति श्रीमान् व्याजहार पितामहः ॥
dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ dīnāṃ divyena cakṣuṣā kṛtaṃ kāryam iti śrīmān vyājahāra pitāmahaḥ
English
Seeing Sita seized and wretched,
with his divine eye,
“The deed is done,” said
the glorious Grandsire.
॥ 3.52.13 ॥
CrEd 3.50.12
Sita
Sanskrit
स तु तां राम रामेति रुदन्तीं लक्ष्मणेति च जगामाकाशम् आदाय रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥
sa tu tāṃ rāma rāmeti rudantīṃ lakṣmaṇeti ca jagāmākāśam ādāya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ
English
And she wept, “Rama, Rama!”
and “Lakshmana!”; and taking her,
Ravana, lord of rakshasas,
went up into the sky.
॥ 3.52.13 ॥
CrEd 3.50.12
silent moment