Valmiki Ramayana Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 56 Shloka 5
Original Shlokaपरम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम्। उवाचेदं वचः पक्षी तान्निरीक्ष्य प्लवङ्गमान्।।4.56.5।।
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English Translation
वानराणाम् of monkeys, परम्पराणाम् one after the other, मृतं मृतम् as and when they die, भक्षिष्ये I will eat, तान् them, प्लवङ्गमान् monkeys, निरीक्ष्य looking at them, पक्षी the vulture, इदं these, वचः words, उवाच spoke.
English Commentary
Looking at them, the vulture continued, 'I will eat these monkeys one after the other as and when they die'.