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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.13

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: Mārīca becomes a marvelous deer with gemlike horns, sapphire-colored features, silver spots, golden coloring, and an iridescent tail

3.40.13

maṇipravaraśṛṅgāgraḥ sitāsitamukhākṛtiḥ
raktapadmotpalamukha indranīlotpalaśravāḥ

with horn-tips of the choicest gems, his face marked black and white, his mouth like a red lotus and lily, his ears like sapphire-blue lilies,

Words: maṇipravaraśṛṅgāgraḥ — with horn-tips of choicest gems; sitāsitamukhākṛtiḥ — with a face of white and black form; raktapadmotpalamukha — with mouth like red lotus and lily; indranīlotpalaśravāḥ — with ears like sapphire-blue lilies

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.