Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.42
तस्य व्यायच्छमानस्य रामस्यार्थे स रावणः।
पक्षौ पार्श्वौ च पादौ च खड्गमुद्धृत्य सोऽच्छिनत्॥
tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe sa rāvaṇaḥ
pakṣau-pārśvau ca pādau ca khaḍgam uddhṛtya so ’cchinat
tasya vyāyacchamānasya = while Jaṭāyu exerted himself to fight; rāmasya = of Lord Rāma; arthe = for the sake; saḥ rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; pakṣau = Jaṭāyu’s wings; pārśvau ca = flanks; pādau = feet; ca = and; khaḍgam = his sword; uddhṛtya = took out; saḥ acchinat = and cut off.
While Jaṭāyu exerted himself to fight for the sake of Lord Rāma, Rāvaṇa took out his sword and cut off Jaṭāyu’s wings, flanks and feet.