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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Mārīca’s second defeat and terror. His deer-form attack costs two companions, he abandons violence but still sees and fears Rāma everywhere

In the sequence: recalling his old grievance and again underestimating Rāma, he charged to kill him

3.37.10

abhyadhāvaṃ susaṃkruddhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mṛgākṛtiḥ
jighāṃsur akṛtaprajñas taṃ prahāram anusmaran

rushed at him in great fury, sharp-horned, in the form of a deer, senseless, bent on killing, remembering that (earlier) blow.

Words: abhyadhāvaṃ — I rushed at; susaṃkruddhas — greatly enraged; tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo — sharp-horned; mṛgākṛtiḥ — in the form of a deer; jighāṃsur — wishing to kill; akṛtaprajñas — senseless, of unripe wisdom; taṃ prahāram — that blow; anusmaran — remembering

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.