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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.37
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage
In the sequence: passing this landmark and crossing to the far shore, Rāvaṇa reaches a secluded hermitage → there he finds Mārīca living with matted hair, bark clothing, deerskin, and restrained diet, and approaches him.
3.33.37
tatra kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇam
dadarśa niyatāhāraṃ mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasaṃ
There he saw a rākṣasa named Mārīca, wearing a black antelope-skin, bearing matted locks and bark-cloth, of restrained diet.
Words: tatra — there; kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ — wearing a black antelope-skin; jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇam — bearing matted locks and bark-garment; dadarśa — saw; niyatāhāraṃ — of restrained diet; mārīcaṃ nāma — named Mārīca; rākṣasaṃ — a rākṣasa
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.