Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.16
काञ्चनोरश्छदान्दिव्यान्पिशाचवदनान्खरान्।
तांश्चास्य जवसंपन्नाञ्जघान समरे बली॥
kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśāca-vadanān kharān
tāṁś cāsya java-saṁpannāñ jaghāna samare balī
kāñcana-uraśchadān = [though] they were protected by golden armors 1; divyān = celestial; piśāca-vadanān = that had the heads of piśācas; kharān tān = mules; ca = also; asya = Rāvaṇa’s; java-saṁpannān = and were swift; jaghāna = killed; samare = in the battle; balī = mighty Jaṭāyu.
In the battle, mighty Jaṭāyu also killed Rāvaṇa’s celestial mules that had the heads of piśācas [though] they were protected by golden armors and were swift.