Verse 26·VR 4.58.26

ज्ञानेन खलु पश्यामि दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यागमिष्यथ | आद्यः पंथाः कुलिंगानाम् ये च अन्ये धान्य जीविनः || ४-५८-२६ द्वितीयो बलि भोजानाम् ये च वृक्ष फल अशिनः | भासाः तृतीयम् गच्छन्ति क्रौन्चाः च कुररैः सह || ४-५८-२७ श्येनाः चतुर्थम् गच्छन्ति गृध्रा गच्छन्ति पंचमम् |

iha sthaH aham prapashyaami raavaNam jaanakiim tathaa | asmaakam api sauparNam divyam cakShur balam tathaa || 4-58-31

Translation

"I foresee by my prognosis that your sighting Seetha is definite at that place, and definite is your return from there. The first flight level of birds is that of the small Kulinga birds, house sparrows, songbirds and the like subsisting on food-grains. The second flight level is that of the birds that are the eaters of leftovers like crows and doves, or the eaters of tree-fruits like parrots. The third flight level is that of the wading birds like Bhaasa, Kraunca, Kurara birds and cranes, herons and the like. The fourth flight level is that of hawks and the fifth is that of the vultures. [4-58-26, 27, 28a]

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Sampaati Informs Angada about Seetha

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