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In the Padma Purana,
The king asked, "O Lord, have these days passed happily for you?" Upon the gods asking this, King Ramachandra replied, "Why do you ask about my happiness? All happiness is attained by those who have attained the state of a muni." [106-110]
I ask you, who are you both, with such gentle appearances? And for what reason have you done this deed? [111]
Then the divine being of Jatayu said, "O King! You know, when I was a vulture in the forest and attained peace from the sight of the muni." [112]
There, you nurtured me with your brother Lakshmana and the goddess Sita. Sita was abducted, and I was going to stop her abduction, so I was killed by Ravana. [113]
O Lord! At that time, overwhelmed with grief, you made me chant the Pancha Namaskara mantra, which is connected to the five supreme beings. [114]
I am that Jatayu, by your grace, I was born in heaven, abandoning that kind of suffering related to the cycle of birth and death. [115]
O Guru! Blinded by the great happiness of the gods, I, the ignorant one, did not know that such a calamity had befallen you. [116]
O God! When your calamity ended, your karma-udaya made me aware of this and I have come to do some retribution. [117]
Then the divine being of Krtaantavaktra, wearing a somewhat good attire, said, "O Lord! I was your Krtaantavaktra commander." [118]
You said, "Remember me in times of trouble." So, O Master! I have come to you, having understood your command. [119]
At that time, seeing that wealth of the gods, the people who enjoyed worldly pleasures were filled with utmost wonder and became pure of heart. [120]
Then Rama said to the commander Krtaantavaktra and the divine being of Jatayu, the lord of the gods, "Oh, virtuous men! You both are the saviors of the afflicted beings." [121]
Look, you both, endowed with great power and possessing a very pure heart, have come here from heaven to enlighten me. [122]
Thus, having conversed with them both, Rama, freed from the distress of grief, performed the funeral rites of Lakshmana on the banks of the Sarayu river. [123]
1. Madodara - M. 2. Jnanenavadhina jnatva'asata'agatedrishi M. 3. Devasambandhini.