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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.6

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

3.40.6

āruhyatām ayaṃ śīghraṃ khago ratnavibhūṣitaḥ
mayā saha ratho yuktaḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ

Let this sky-going chariot, adorned with gems, yoked with goblin-faced mules, be mounted quickly along with me.

Words: āruhyatām — let it be mounted; ayaṃ — this; śīghraṃ — quickly; khago — sky-going; ratnavibhūṣitaḥ — adorned with gems; mayā saha — together with me; ratho — chariot; yuktaḥ — yoked; piśācavadanaiḥ — with goblin-faced (mules); kharaiḥ — with mules

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.