Rama saw Jatayu breathing with difficulty in that solitary, inaccessible place.Overcome by greater grief he said to Saumitri ( Lakshmana ) : - [3-67-23]
- 'I have been expelled from the kingdom. I am made to stay in the forest. I have lost Sita (my beloved wife). This bird (who was my well wisher) has been slain. Such misfortune will burn even fire. [3-67-24]