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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.10

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: Rāvaṇa gets down, takes Mārīca's hand, points out the banana-surrounded dwelling, and tells him to act

3.40.10

avatīrya rathāt tasmāt tataḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāt
haste gṛhītvā mārīcaṃ rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt

Descending from that gold-adorned chariot, then, taking Mārīca by the hand, Rāvaṇa spoke these words:

Words: avatīrya — having descended; rathāt tasmāt — from that chariot; tataḥ — then; kāñcanabhūṣaṇāt — gold-adorned; haste gṛhītvā — taking by the hand; mārīcaṃ — Mārīca; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; vākyam abravīt — spoke words

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.