Jatayu Falls, and Rama Slays Kabandha

Verse 1 (3.280.1)

सखा दशरथस्यासीज्जटायुररुणात्मजः । गृध्रराजो महावीरः संपातिर्यस्य सोदरः ॥

sakhā daśarathasyāsījjaṭāyuraruṇātmajaḥ | gṛdhrarājo mahāvīraḥ saṃpātiryasya sodaraḥ

Jatayu, son of Aruna, king of the vultures and a great hero, was a friend of Dasharatha; Sampati was his brother.

Verse 2 (3.280.2)

स ददर्श तदा सीतां रावणाङ्कगतां स्नुषाम् । सक्रोधोऽभ्यद्रवत्पक्षी रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम् ॥

sa dadarśa tadā sītāṃ rāvaṇāṅkagatāṃ snuṣām | sakrodho'bhyadravatpakṣī rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram

He saw Sita, who was a daughter-in-law to him, in Ravana's lap, and the bird, enraged, rushed at Ravana, lord of the rakshasas.

Verse 3 (3.280.3)

अथैनमब्रवीद्गृध्रो मुञ्चमुञ्चेति मैथिलीम् । ध्रियमाणे मयि कथं हरिष्यसि निशाचर ॥

athainamabravīdgṛdhro muñcamuñceti maithilīm | dhriyamāṇe mayi kathaṃ hariṣyasi niśācara

The vulture said to him, "Let her go, let the princess of Mithila go! While I am alive, how will you carry her off, night-roamer?

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.263.3abcd; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 4 (3.280.4)

न हि मे मोक्ष्यसे जीवन्यदि नोत्सृजसे वधूम् । उक्त्वैवं राक्षसेन्द्रं तं चकर्त नखरैर्भृशम् ॥

na hi me mokṣyase jīvanyadi notsṛjase vadhūm | uktvaivaṃ rākṣasendraṃ taṃ cakarta nakharairbhṛśam

You will not get away from me alive unless you let the young wife go!" Having said this, he tore fiercely at the rakshasa king with his talons.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.263.3ef, line 2 its 3.263.4ab; unmatched by the automatic alignment. Jatayu's words end mid-verse, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 5 (3.280.5)

पक्षतुण्डप्रहारैश्च शतशो जर्जरीकृतम् । चक्षार रुधिरं भूरि गिरिः प्रस्रवणैरिव ॥

pakṣatuṇḍaprahāraiśca śataśo jarjarīkṛtam | cakṣāra rudhiraṃ bhūri giriḥ prasravaṇairiva

Battered a hundred times over by blows of wing and beak, Ravana streamed with blood, as a mountain streams with its springs.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.263.4cdef (with शतशो … जर्जरीकृतम् for bahuśo … jarjarīkṛtaḥ); unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 6 (3.280.6)

स वध्यमानो गृध्रेण रामप्रियहितैषिणा । खड्गमादाय चिच्छेद भुजौ तस्य पतत्रिणः ॥

sa vadhyamāno gṛdhreṇa rāmapriyahitaiṣiṇā | khaḍgamādāya ciccheda bhujau tasya patatriṇaḥ

As the vulture, who sought what was dear to Rama and good for him, tore at him, Ravana took up his sword and cut off the bird's wings.

Verse 7 (3.280.7)

निहत्य गृध्रराजं स भिन्नाभ्रशिखरोपमम् । ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे सीतां गृहीत्वाऽङ्केन राक्षसः ॥

nihatya gṛdhrarājaṃ sa bhinnābhraśikharopamam | ūrdhvamācakrame sītāṃ gṛhītvā'ṅkena rākṣasaḥ

Having struck down the king of the vultures, who lay like a shattered peak of cloud, the rakshasa rose into the air, holding Sita in his lap.

Verse 8 (3.280.8)

यत्र यत्र तु वैदेही पश्यत्याश्रममण्डलम् । सरो वा सरितो वाऽपि तत्र मुञ्चति भूषणम् ॥

yatra yatra tu vaidehī paśyatyāśramamaṇḍalam | saro vā sarito vā'pi tatra muñcati bhūṣaṇam

Wherever Vaidehi saw a circle of hermitages, a lake or a river, there she let fall an ornament.

Verse 9 (3.280.9)

सा ददर्श गिरिप्रस्थे पञ्च वानरपुङ्गवान् । तत्र वासो महद्दिव्यमुत्ससर्ज मनस्विनी ॥

sā dadarśa giriprasthe pañca vānarapuṅgavān | tatra vāso mahaddivyamutsasarja manasvinī

On a mountain plateau she saw five bulls among monkeys, and there the spirited lady let fall a large and lovely garment.

Verse 10 (3.280.10)

तत्तेषां वानरेन्द्राणां पपात पवनोद्धतम् । मध्ये सुपीतं पञ्चानां विद्युन्मेघान्तरे यथा ॥

tatteṣāṃ vānarendrāṇāṃ papāta pavanoddhatam | madhye supītaṃ pañcānāṃ vidyunmeghāntare yathā

Tossed by the wind, that bright yellow cloth fell among the five monkey chiefs like lightning amid the clouds.

Verse 11 (3.280.11)

अचिरेणातिचक्राम खेचरः खे चरन्निव । ददर्शाथ पुरीं रम्यां बहुद्वारां मनोरमाम् ॥

acireṇāticakrāma khecaraḥ khe caranniva | dadarśātha purīṃ ramyāṃ bahudvārāṃ manoramām

Before long the sky-rover crossed over, coursing through the sky as a bird does, and then he saw a lovely, charming city with many gates,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as star passage 3.263.9d*1260 (lines 1–2).

Verse 12 (3.280.12)

प्राकारवप्रसंबाधां निर्मितां विश्वकर्मणा । प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां ससीतो राक्षसेश्वरः ॥

prākāravaprasaṃbādhāṃ nirmitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā | praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ sasīto rākṣaseśvaraḥ

girt with walls and ramparts, built by Vishvakarman; and the lord of the rakshasas entered that city, Lanka, with Sita.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as star passage 3.263.9d*1260 (lines 3–4).

Verse 13 (3.280.13)

एवं हृतायां वैदेह्यां रामो हत्वा महामृगम् । निवृत्तो ददृशे दूराद्भ्रातरं लक्ष्मणं तदा ॥

evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ vaidehyāṃ rāmo hatvā mahāmṛgam | nivṛtto dadṛśe dūrādbhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ tadā

While Vaidehi was being carried off in this way, Rama, having killed the great deer, turned back and saw his brother Lakshmana in the distance.

Verse 14 (3.280.14)

कथमुत्सृज्य वैदेहीं वने राक्षससेविते । इति तं भ्रातरं दृष्ट्वा प्राप्तोऽसीति व्यगर्हयत् ॥

kathamutsṛjya vaidehīṃ vane rākṣasasevite | iti taṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā prāpto'sīti vyagarhayat

Seeing his brother, he reproached him: "How is it that you have come, leaving Vaidehi in a forest haunted by rakshasas?"

Verse 15 (3.280.15)

मृगरूपधरेणाथ रक्षसा सोऽपकर्षणम् । भ्रातुरागमनं चैवाचिन्तयन्पर्यतप्यत ॥

mṛgarūpadhareṇātha rakṣasā so'pakarṣaṇam | bhrāturāgamanaṃ caivācintayanparyatapyata

Brooding on how the rakshasa in the shape of a deer had lured him away, and on his brother's coming, he was tormented.

Note on the text: Corrected सोपकर्षणम् → सोऽपकर्षणम् (misprint in Wikisource; the lost avagraha turns सः अपकर्षणम्, "he … the luring away", into a meaningless compound; critical edition so 'pakarṣaṇam).

Verse 16 (3.280.16)

गर्हयन्नेव रामस्तु त्वरितस्तं समासदत् । अपि जीवति वैदेही नेति पश्यामि लक्ष्मण ॥

garhayanneva rāmastu tvaritastaṃ samāsadat | api jīvati vaidehī neti paśyāmi lakṣmaṇa

Still reproaching him, Rama hurried up to him: "Is Vaidehi alive, Lakshmana? I fear she is not."

Note on the text: Corrected वैदेहीमिति → वैदेही नेति (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative cannot be the subject of जीवति, and म is a misreading of न plus a lost word space; critical edition vaidehī neti).

Verse 17 (3.280.17)

तस्य तत्सर्वमाचख्यौ सीताया लक्ष्मणो वचः । यदुक्तवत्यसदृशं वैदेही पश्चिमं वचः ॥

tasya tatsarvamācakhyau sītāyā lakṣmaṇo vacaḥ | yaduktavatyasadṛśaṃ vaidehī paścimaṃ vacaḥ

Lakshmana told him everything, including Sita's words, the unworthy last words that Vaidehi had spoken.

Verse 18 (3.280.18)

दह्यमानेन तु हृदा रामोऽभ्यपतदाश्रमम् । स ददर्श तदा गृध्रं निहतं पर्वतोपमम् ॥

dahyamānena tu hṛdā rāmo'bhyapatadāśramam | sa dadarśa tadā gṛdhraṃ nihataṃ parvatopamam

With a burning heart Rama rushed to the hermitage. Then he saw a vulture, huge as a mountain, lying struck down.

Verse 19 (3.280.19)

राक्षसं शङ्कमानस्तं विकृष्य बलवद्धनुः । अभ्यधावत काकुत्स्थस्ततस्तं सह लक्ष्मणः ॥

rākṣasaṃ śaṅkamānastaṃ vikṛṣya balavaddhanuḥ | abhyadhāvata kākutsthastatastaṃ saha lakṣmaṇaḥ

Suspecting him to be a rakshasa, Kakutstha drew his mighty bow and ran at him, together with Lakshmana.

Verse 20 (3.280.20)

स तावुवाच तेजस्वी सहितौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । गृध्रराजोस्मि भद्रं वां सखा दशरथस्य वै ॥

sa tāvuvāca tejasvī sahitau rāmalakṣmaṇau | gṛdhrarājosmi bhadraṃ vāṃ sakhā daśarathasya vai

That radiant one said to Rama and Lakshmana, who had come up together: "Blessings on you both; I am the king of the vultures, a friend of Dasharatha."

Verse 21 (3.280.21)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा संगृह्य धनुषी शुभे । कोयं पितरमस्माकं नाम्नाऽऽहेत्यूचतुश्च तौ ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃgṛhya dhanuṣī śubhe | koyaṃ pitaramasmākaṃ nāmnā''hetyūcatuśca tau

Hearing his words, the two lowered their fine bows and said, "Who is this who speaks of our father by name?"

Verse 22 (3.280.22)

ततो ददृशतुस्तौ तं छिन्नपक्षद्वयं खगम् । तयोः शशंस गृध्रस्तु सीतार्थे रावणाद्वधम् ॥

tato dadṛśatustau taṃ chinnapakṣadvayaṃ khagam | tayoḥ śaśaṃsa gṛdhrastu sītārthe rāvaṇādvadham

Then they saw that the bird had both his wings cut off, and the vulture told them how Ravana had struck him down for Sita's sake.

Verse 23 (3.280.23)

अपृच्छद्राघवो गृध्रं रावणः कां दिशं गतः । तस्य गृध्रः शिरःकम्पैराचचक्षे ममार च ॥

apṛcchadrāghavo gṛdhraṃ rāvaṇaḥ kāṃ diśaṃ gataḥ | tasya gṛdhraḥ śiraḥkampairācacakṣe mamāra ca

Raghava asked the vulture which way Ravana had gone. The vulture showed him with movements of his head, and died.

Verse 24 (3.280.24)

दक्षिणामिति काकुत्स्थो विदित्वाऽस्य तदिङ्गितम् । संस्कारं लम्भयामास सखायं पूजयन्पितुः ॥

dakṣiṇāmiti kākutstho viditvā'sya tadiṅgitam | saṃskāraṃ lambhayāmāsa sakhāyaṃ pūjayanpituḥ

Understanding from his sign that it was the south, Kakutstha gave the funeral rites to his father's friend, honouring him.

Verse 25 (3.280.25)

ततो दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्रमपदं व्यपविद्धबृसीकटम् । विध्वस्तकलशं शून्यं गोमायुशतसंकुलम् ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā''śramapadaṃ vyapaviddhabṛsīkaṭam | vidhvastakalaśaṃ śūnyaṃ gomāyuśatasaṃkulam

Then, seeing the hermitage with its grass mats strewn about, its water-pots smashed, deserted, and overrun by hundreds of jackals,

Verse 26 (3.280.26)

दुःखशोकसमाविष्टौ वैदेहीहरणार्दितौ । जग्मतुर्दण्डकारण्यं दक्षिणेन परंतपौ ॥

duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭau vaidehīharaṇārditau | jagmaturdaṇḍakāraṇyaṃ dakṣiṇena paraṃtapau

the two scorchers of their foes, overcome by grief and sorrow and tormented by Vaidehi's abduction, went south into the Dandaka forest.

Verse 27 (3.280.27)

वने महति तस्मिंस्तु रामः सौमित्रिणा सह । ददर्श मृगयूथानि द्रवमाणानि सर्वशः ॥

vane mahati tasmiṃstu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha | dadarśa mṛgayūthāni dravamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ

In that great forest Rama, with Saumitri, saw herds of deer fleeing in every direction,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.263.24abcd; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 28 (3.280.28)

शब्दं च घोरं सत्वानां दावाग्नेरिव वर्धतः । अपश्येतां मुहूर्ताच्च कबन्धं घोरदर्शनम् ॥

śabdaṃ ca ghoraṃ satvānāṃ dāvāgneriva vardhataḥ | apaśyetāṃ muhūrtācca kabandhaṃ ghoradarśanam

and heard a terrible din of creatures, like that of a spreading forest fire; and in a moment the two saw Kabandha, dreadful to behold,

Note on the text: Corrected दावाग्नरिव → दावाग्नेरिव (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign े of the genitive दावाग्नेः is lost; critical edition dāvāgner iva). Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.263.24ef, line 2 its 3.263.25ab; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 29 (3.280.29)

मेघपर्वतसंकाशं सालस्कन्धं महाभुजम् । उरोगतविशालाक्षं महोदरमहामुखम् ॥

meghaparvatasaṃkāśaṃ sālaskandhaṃ mahābhujam | urogataviśālākṣaṃ mahodaramahāmukham

like a cloud or a mountain, with shoulders like sala trunks and huge arms, wide eyes set in his chest, and a huge mouth in his huge belly.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.263.25cdef; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 30 (3.280.30)

यदृच्छयाथ तद्रक्षः करे जग्राह लक्ष्मणम् । विषादमगमत्सद्यः सौमित्रिरथ भारत ॥

yadṛcchayātha tadrakṣaḥ kare jagrāha lakṣmaṇam | viṣādamagamatsadyaḥ saumitriratha bhārata

By chance the rakshasa seized Lakshmana in his hand, and Saumitri at once sank into despair, O Bharata.

Verse 31 (3.280.31)

स राममभिसंप्रेक्ष्य कृष्यते येन तन्मुखम् । विषण्णश्चाब्रवीद्रामं पश्यावस्थामिमां मम ॥

sa rāmamabhisaṃprekṣya kṛṣyate yena tanmukham | viṣaṇṇaścābravīdrāmaṃ paśyāvasthāmimāṃ mama

As he was dragged toward that mouth, he looked at Rama and said in dejection: "See this plight of mine!

Verse 32 (3.280.32)

हरणं चैव वैदेह्या मम चायमुपप्लवः । राज्यभ्रंशश्च भवतस्तातस्य मरणं तथा ॥

haraṇaṃ caiva vaidehyā mama cāyamupaplavaḥ | rājyabhraṃśaśca bhavatastātasya maraṇaṃ tathā

Vaidehi carried off, and now this calamity of mine, your loss of the kingdom, and our father's death!

Note on the text: Speaker set to Lakshmana: verses 32–34 are wholly his direct speech, begun in verse 31, with no printed heading.

Verse 33 (3.280.33)

नाहं त्वां सह वैदेह्या समेतं कोसलागतम् । द्रक्ष्यामि प्रथिते राज्ये पितृपैतामहे स्थितम् ॥

nāhaṃ tvāṃ saha vaidehyā sametaṃ kosalāgatam | drakṣyāmi prathite rājye pitṛpaitāmahe sthitam

I shall not see you, together with Vaidehi, returned to Kosala and established in the renowned kingdom of our fathers and forefathers.

Verse 34 (3.280.34)

द्रक्ष्यन्त्यार्यस्य धन्या ये कुशलाजशमीदलैः । अभिषिक्तस्य वदनं सोमं शान्तघनं यथा ॥

drakṣyantyāryasya dhanyā ye kuśalājaśamīdalaiḥ | abhiṣiktasya vadanaṃ somaṃ śāntaghanaṃ yathā

Blessed are those who will see my noble brother's face when he is anointed with kusha grass, parched grain and shami leaves, like the moon when the clouds are stilled."

Verse 35 (3.280.35)

एवं बहुविधं धीमान्विललाप स लक्ष्मणः । तमुवाचाथ काकुत्स्थः संभ्रमेष्वप्यसंभ्रमः ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dhīmānvilalāpa sa lakṣmaṇaḥ | tamuvācātha kākutsthaḥ saṃbhrameṣvapyasaṃbhramaḥ

So the wise Lakshmana lamented in many ways. Then Kakutstha, unshaken even in the midst of alarm, said to him:

Verse 36 (3.280.36)

मा विषीद नरव्याघ्र नैष कश्चिन्मयि स्थिते । शक्तो धर्षयितुं वीर सुमित्रानन्दवर्धन । छिन्ध्यस्य दक्षिणं बाहुं छिन्नः सव्यो मया भुजः ॥

mā viṣīda naravyāghra naiṣa kaścinmayi sthite | śakto dharṣayituṃ vīra sumitrānandavardhana | chindhyasya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ chinnaḥ savyo mayā bhujaḥ

"Do not despair, tiger among men! While I stand here, no one can overpower you, hero, joy of Sumitra. Cut off his right arm; I have cut off the left."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') at the end of the second line. Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 3.263.32abcd; line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.263.32b*1263, with sumitrānandivardhana). Unmatched by the automatic alignment. Speaker set to Rama: the verse is wholly his direct speech, announced in verse 35, with no printed heading.

Verse 37 (3.280.37)

इत्येवं वदता तस्य भुजो रामेण पातितः । खड्गेन भृशतीक्ष्णेन निकृत्तस्तिलकाण्डवत् ॥

ityevaṃ vadatā tasya bhujo rāmeṇa pātitaḥ | khaḍgena bhṛśatīkṣṇena nikṛttastilakāṇḍavat

Even as he said this, Rama struck off the monster's arm with a very sharp sword, cutting it through like a sesame stalk.

Verse 38 (3.280.38)

ततोऽस्य दक्षिणं बाहुं खड्गेनाजघ्निवान्बली । सौमित्रिरपि संप्रेक्ष्य भ्रातरं राघवं स्थितम् ॥

tato'sya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ khaḍgenājaghnivānbalī | saumitrirapi saṃprekṣya bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ sthitam

Then the mighty Saumitri too, seeing his brother Raghava standing there, struck at his right arm with his sword,

Verse 39 (3.280.39)

पुनर्जघान पार्श्वे वै तद्रक्षो लक्ष्मणो भृशम् । गतासुरपतद्भूमौ कबन्धः सुमहांस्ततः ॥

punarjaghāna pārśve vai tadrakṣo lakṣmaṇo bhṛśam | gatāsurapatadbhūmau kabandhaḥ sumahāṃstataḥ

and Lakshmana struck the rakshasa hard again in the side. Then the huge Kabandha fell lifeless to the ground.

Verse 40 (3.280.40)

तस्य देहाद्विनिःसृत्य पुरुषो दिव्यदर्शनः । ददृशे दिवमास्थाय दिवि सूर्य इव ज्वलन् ॥

tasya dehādviniḥsṛtya puruṣo divyadarśanaḥ | dadṛśe divamāsthāya divi sūrya iva jvalan

From his body there came forth a being of divine appearance, who was seen standing in the sky, blazing like the sun in heaven.

Verse 41 (3.280.41)

पप्रच्छ रामस्तं वाग्मी कस्त्वं प्रब्रूहि पृच्छतः । कामया किमिदं चित्रमाश्चर्यं प्रतिभाति मे ॥

papraccha rāmastaṃ vāgmī kastvaṃ prabrūhi pṛcchataḥ | kāmayā kimidaṃ citramāścaryaṃ pratibhāti me

Rama, skilled in speech, asked him: "Who are you? Tell me, for I ask because I wish to know. What is this strange thing? It seems a marvel to me."

Verse 42 (3.280.42)

तस्याचचक्षे गन्धर्वो विश्वावसुरहं नृप । प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणशापेन योनिं राक्षससेविताम् ॥

tasyācacakṣe gandharvo viśvāvasurahaṃ nṛpa | prāpto brāhmaṇaśāpena yoniṃ rākṣasasevitām

The gandharva told him: "I am Vishvavasu, O king. Through a brahmin's curse I came to be born in a form fit for rakshasas.

Verse 43 (3.280.43)

रावणेन हृता सीता लङ्कायां संनिवेशिता । सुग्रीवमभिगच्छस्व स ते साह्यं करिष्यति ॥

rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā laṅkāyāṃ saṃniveśitā | sugrīvamabhigacchasva sa te sāhyaṃ kariṣyati

Sita has been carried off by Ravana and kept in Lanka. Go to Sugriva; he will help you.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vishvavasu: verses 43–47 are wholly the gandharva's direct speech, begun in verse 42, with no printed heading.

Verse 44 (3.280.44)

एषा पम्पा शिवजला हंसकारण्डवायुता । ऋश्यमूकस्य शैलस्य संनिकर्षे तटाकिनी ॥

eṣā pampā śivajalā haṃsakāraṇḍavāyutā | ṛśyamūkasya śailasya saṃnikarṣe taṭākinī

Here is Pampa, a lake of auspicious waters, thronged with geese and karandava ducks, near Mount Rishyamuka.

Verse 45 (3.280.45)

वसते तत्र सुग्रीवश्चतुर्भिः सचिवैः सह । भ्राता वानरराजस्य वालिनो हेममालिनः ॥

vasate tatra sugrīvaścaturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha | bhrātā vānararājasya vālino hemamālinaḥ

There lives Sugriva with four ministers, the brother of Vali, the gold-garlanded king of the monkeys.

Verse 46 (3.280.46)

तेन त्वं सह संगम्य दुःखमूलं निवेदय । समानशीलो भवतः साहाय्यं स करिष्यति ॥

tena tvaṃ saha saṃgamya duḥkhamūlaṃ nivedaya | samānaśīlo bhavataḥ sāhāyyaṃ sa kariṣyati

Meet with him and tell him the root of your sorrow. He is in the same case as you, and he will give you his help.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as star passage 3.263.41d*1264 (with sāhāyaṃ for साहाय्यं).

Verse 47 (3.280.47)

एतावच्छक्यमस्माभिर्वक्तुं द्रष्टासि जानकीम् । ध्रुवं वानरराजस्य विदितो रावणालयः ॥

etāvacchakyamasmābhirvaktuṃ draṣṭāsi jānakīm | dhruvaṃ vānararājasya vidito rāvaṇālayaḥ

This much we are able to say: you will see Janaki. The king of the monkeys surely knows where Ravana dwells."

Verse 48 (3.280.48)

इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हितो दिव्यः पुरुषः स महाप्रभः । विस्मयं जग्मतुश्चोभौ प्रवीरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥

ityuktvā'ntarhito divyaḥ puruṣaḥ sa mahāprabhaḥ | vismayaṃ jagmatuścobhau pravīrau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Having said this, that radiant divine being vanished, and both heroes, Rama and Lakshmana, were filled with wonder.