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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.4

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 embraces him in delight, praises his compliance, and invites him into the flying chariot

3.40.4

prahṛṣṭas tv abhavat tena vacanena sa rākṣasaḥ
pariṣvajya susaṃśliṣṭam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

At these words that rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) was delighted, and clasping (Mārīca) in a close embrace, spoke thus:

Words: prahṛṣṭas — delighted; tv — indeed; abhavat — became; tena vacanena — at those words; sa rākṣasaḥ — that rākṣasa; pariṣvajya — having embraced; susaṃśliṣṭam — closely, in a tight (embrace); idaṃ vacanam — these words; abravīt — spoke

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.