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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.11

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

3.40.11

etad rāmāśramapadaṃ dṛśyate kadalīvṛtam
kriyatāṃ tat sakhe śīghraṃ yadarthaṃ vayam āgatāḥ

'This hermitage-ground of Rāma is seen, encircled by plantains; do quickly, my friend, that for which we have come.'

Words: etad — this; rāmāśramapadaṃ — Rāma's hermitage-ground; dṛśyate — is seen; kadalīvṛtam — surrounded by plantains; kriyatāṃ — let it be done; tat — that; sakhe — O friend; śīghraṃ — quickly; yadarthaṃ — for which purpose; vayam āgatāḥ — we have come

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.