Shloka 9
जटायुवृत्तान्तः
Jatāyu’s Testimony and Rāma’s Grief
ततः पर्वतकूटाभं महाभागं द्विजोत्तमम्।।।।ददर्श पतितं भूमौ क्षतजार्द्रं जटायुषम्।
tataḥ parvata-kūṭābhaṁ mahābhāgaṁ dvijottamam | dadarśa patitaṁ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṁ jaṭāyuṣam ||
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ പർവതശിഖരംപോലെ തോന്നുന്ന മഹാഭാഗ്യശാലിയായ ദ്വിജോത്തമൻ ജടായുവിനെ ഭൂമിയിൽ വീണുകിടക്കുന്നതായി കണ്ടു—മുറിവുകളിൽ നിന്നൊഴുകിയ രക്തത്തിൽ നനഞ്ഞവനായി.
Accompanied by me you should search for her in those spots. Great people endowed with wisdom do not destabilise in difficulties just as mountains are not shaken by the speed of the wind.
FAQs
Recognition of sacrifice for righteousness: Jaṭāyu’s condition signals a dharmic struggle undertaken to protect Sītā.
During the search, Rāma comes upon Jaṭāyu grievously wounded after battling Rāvaṇa.
Vīrya and tyāga (valor and self-sacrifice) embodied by Jaṭāyu, whose wounds testify to his protective duty.