Shloka 18
सम्पाति
अङ्गदसंवादः / Sampati and Angada: Genealogy, Jatayu, and the Search Vow
एवं गृध्रो हतस्तेन रावणेन बलीयसा।संस्कृतश्चापि रामेण गतश्च गतिमुत्तमाम्।।।।
evaṃ gṛdhro hatas tena rāvaṇena balīyasā | saṃskṛtaś cāpi rāmeṇa gataś ca gatim uttamām ||
یوں وہ گِدھ (جٹایو) اس سے، یعنی زیادہ زورآور راون کے ہاتھوں مارا گیا۔ پھر رام نے ودھی کے مطابق اس کے سنسکار (آخری رسومات) ادا کیے، اور وہ اُتم گتی—اعلیٰ ترین مقام—کو پہنچ گیا۔
'Thus the vulture was slain by Ravana who was stronger. Cremated by Rama and his last rites performed, he reached the supreme heavenly abode. (It was the luck of Jatayu, unlike Dasaratha, to be cremated by Rama.)
FAQs
Dharma is shown as honoring the dead through proper last rites (antyeṣṭi). Rāma’s performance of rites for Jatāyu reflects gratitude and righteousness toward one who upheld dharma by resisting adharma.
Angada recounts to Sampāti that Jatāyu fought Rāvaṇa, was killed, and afterward received funeral rites from Rāma, leading to a blessed end.
Rāma’s virtue of dharmic responsibility and gratitude—repaying service and honoring a fallen ally with proper rites.