Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Jaṭāyu Fights with Rāvaṇa
Text 3.51.43
स च्छिन्नपक्षः सहसा रक्षसा रौद्रकर्मणा।
निपपात हतो गृध्रो धरण्यामल्पजीवितः॥
sa cchinna-pakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudra-karmaṇā
nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyām alpa-jīvitaḥ
saḥ chinna-pakṣaḥ = cut off his wings; sahasā = suddenly; rakṣasā = when the rākṣasa; raudra-karmaṇā = whose deeds were fierce; nipapāta = Jaṭāyu then fell; hataḥ = was slain; gṛdhraḥ = the vulture; dharaṇyām = to the ground; alpa-jīvitaḥ = with very little life left.
When the rākṣasa, whose deeds were fierce, suddenly cut off his wings, the vulture was slain. Jaṭāyu then fell to the ground with very little life left.