Like light, the eagle raked the Rakshasa's hide with his talons. Ravana howled and his dark blood fell down to he earth below. Ravana shot ten arrows at Jatayu, who dodged them and rose high above the chariot. he swooped down like a fishing eagle for its silver prey beneath the waves. He snatched Ravana's bow out of his hand with his beak and snapped it. With two strokes of another weapon Ravana hewed off Jatayu's wings. The eagle fell, blood spouting form his wounds, his life leaking out.

-R. Menon