Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.1
इत्युक्तस्य यथान्यायं रावणस्य जटायुषा।
क्रुद्धस्याग्निनिभाः सर्वा रेजुर्विंशतिदृष्टयः॥
ity uktasya yathā-nyāyaṁ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā
kruddhasyāgni-nibhāḥ sarvā rejur viṁśati-dṛṣṭayaḥ
iti = in this manner; uktasya = when he was challenged; yathā-nyāyam = rightly; rāvaṇasya = Rāvaṇa; jaṭāyuṣā = by Jaṭāyu; kruddhasya = was infuriated; agni-nibhāḥ = like fire; sarvāḥ = all; rejuḥ = glittered; viṁśati-dṛṣṭayaḥ = of his twenty eyes.
Rāvaṇa was infuriated when he was rightly challenged in this manner by Jaṭāyu. All of his twenty eyes glittered like fire.
This chapter states that Jaṭāyu gave up his life in the mission of his master.