Jatayu tried to prevent Ravana from abducting Sita, fighting the demon king in midair. Ravana severed Jatayu's wings, but the dying vulture lived long enough to tell Rama which direction Ravana had flown.
Ravana killed the vulture king Jatayu, who tried to prevent Ravana from carrying Sita to Lanka. Jatayu survived long enough to tell Rama which direction Ravana had flown.
Jatayu, the aged vulture king, fought Ravana in the sky to prevent Sita's abduction and fell mortally wounded with his wings severed. Rama found him dying, heard Ravana's name from his last breaths, and performed his funeral rites as a son would for a father.
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