Shloka 16
जटायुरावणयुद्धम्
Jatayu’s Combat with Ravana
काञ्चनोरश्छदान्दिव्यान्पिशाचवदनान्खरान्।तांश्चास्य जवसम्पन्नाञ्जघान समरे बली।।।।
kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśācavadanān kharān | tāṁś cāsya javasampannān jaghāna samare balī ||
Jatāyu yang perkasa menumbangkan di medan laga keledai-keledai itu—indah, gesit, berwajah mengerikan laksana piśāca—berlapis pelindung dada emas dan terpasang pada kereta Rāvaṇa.
Powerful Jatayu killed in the combat, the splendid, swift-moving, devil-faced asses with golden shields yoked to the chariot.
FAQs
Dharma as protective courage: Jatāyu risks himself to stop an unjust abduction, showing that righteousness includes active resistance to adharma.
During Sītā’s abduction, Jatāyu attacks Rāvaṇa’s flying chariot and kills the asses drawing it, weakening the vehicle.
Vīrya (valor) and rakṣaṇa-bhāva (the impulse to protect the vulnerable).