Jațāyu addressing himself to displaying his prowess for the benefit of Rāma, Rāvaņa taking out his dagger, cut off his two wings, two legs and two sides.
तस्य व्यायच्छमानस्य रामस्यार्थे स रावणः। पक्षौ पादौ च पाश्वौं च खङ्गमुद्धृत्य सोऽच्छिनत्।।४२