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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: The golden deer appears. Mārīca yields to Rāvaṇa, travels to the hermitage and assumes a jewelled deer’s form that attracts Sītā while frightening the real deer

In the sequence: Afraid of Rāvaṇa and expecting death from Rāma, Mārīca finally agrees to go

3.40.1

evam uktvā tu paruṣaṃ mārīco rāvaṇo tataḥ
gacchāvety abravīd dīno bhayād rātriṃcaraprabhoḥ

Having thus spoken harshly, Mārīca, wretched with fear of the lord of the night-rangers, then said to Rāvaṇa, 'Let us go.'

Words: evam uktvā — having thus spoken; tu — but, and; paruṣaṃ — harshly; mārīco — Mārīca; rāvaṇo — to Rāvaṇa [nom. form for acc.]; tataḥ — then; gacchāvety — 'let us two go,'; abravīd — said; dīno — wretched, dejected; bhayād — out of fear; rātriṃcaraprabhoḥ — of the lord of the night-rangers

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.