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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.79

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: hungry, the brothers kill a boar, an ṛśya antelope, a spotted deer, and a ruru deer, take meat fit to eat, and stop beneath a tree for the night.

2.46.79

tau tatra hatvā caturo mahāmṛgān varāham ṛśyaṃ pṛṣataṃ mahārurum
ādāya medhyaṃ tvaritaṃ bubhukṣitau vāsāya kāle yayatur vanaspatim

There the two, having killed four great beasts — a boar, an ṛśya antelope, a spotted deer, and a great ruru deer — and, being hungry, swiftly taking the pure meat, went at the proper time to a forest tree to lodge.

Words: tau — the two; tatra — there; hatvā — having killed; caturo — four; mahāmṛgān — great beasts, deer; varāham — a boar; ṛśyaṃ — an ṛśya (white-footed antelope); pṛṣataṃ — a spotted deer; mahārurum — a great ruru deer; ādāya — having taken; medhyaṃ — the pure (meat, fit to eat); tvaritaṃ — quickly; bubhukṣitau — the two being hungry; vāsāya — for lodging, to dwell; kāle — at the (proper) time; yayatur — the two went; vanaspatim — to a forest tree

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.