अहं तु गृध्रराजस्य जटायोः परमं प्रियम् ।करिष्ये सलिलं तस्य दहिष्यामि च तं द्विजम्
ahaṃ tu gṛdhrarājasya jaṭāyoḥ paramaṃ priyam | kariṣye salilaṃ tasya dahiṣyāmi ca taṃ dvijam
Rama performs the funeral rites for Jatayu — an eagle, a non-human, a being from a different species — with the same ceremony he would perform for a father. "Paramaṃ priyam" — most dear. Jatayu died attempting to save Sita, fighting Ravana alone with broken wings at the end of a long life. Rama's response is not efficiency (bury him quickly, get on with the search) but complete, dignified reverence: water-rites, cremation, the full ceremony. The Aranya Kanda teaches here that dharma extends across species; that loyalty and sacrifice are honoured wherever they occur; and that grief for what is lost in the service of good is not weakness but recognition of value.
अर्थMeaning
मैं स्वयं गृध्रराज जटायु के लिए जलांजलि दूँगा — अत्यंत प्रिय उनके लिए — और मैं उनका दाह-संस्कार करूँगा।
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
I myself will perform the water-rites for Jatayu, king of eagles, the most dear one — and I will perform his cremation.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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मैं स्वयं गृध्रराज जटायु के लिए जलांजलि दूँगा — अत्यंत प्रिय उनके लिए — और मैं उनका दाह-संस्कार करूँगा। प्रकाश, जल और ताप एक ही प्राकृतिक चक्र के रूप हैं। यह पंक्ति उन रूपों को एक व्यवस्था के अंग की तरह पढ़ती है।
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