Thereupon he beheld, fallen on ground, having his person bathed in blood, the king of birds-Jatayu, resembling a mountain peak, and spoke to Lakşmaņa.
ततः पर्वतकूटाभं महाभागं द्विजोत्तमम्॥ ददर्श पतितं भूमौ क्षतजाद्रं जटायुषम्। तं दृष्ट्वा गिरिशृङ्गाभं रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्॥