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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.37.8
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: he encountered Rāma during the exile, with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa
3.37.8
vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham
tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam
and the greatly blessed Vaidehī, and Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior—an ascetic of restrained diet, devoted to the welfare of all creatures.
Words: vaidehīṃ ca — and Vaidehī; mahābhāgāṃ — the greatly blessed; lakṣmaṇaṃ ca — and Lakṣmaṇa; mahāratham — the great chariot-warrior; tāpasaṃ — an ascetic; niyatāhāraṃ — of restrained diet; sarvabhūtahite — in the welfare of all creatures; ratam — devoted
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.