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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.7

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: they travel together to Daṇḍaka and reach Rāma's hermitage

3.40.7

tato rāvaṇamārīcau vimānam iva taṃ ratham
āruhya yayatuḥ śīghraṃ tasmād āśramamaṇḍalāt

Then Rāvaṇa and Mārīca, mounting that chariot, which was like a celestial car, went swiftly from that circle of hermitages,

Words: tato — then; rāvaṇamārīcau — Rāvaṇa and Mārīca (dual); vimānam iva — like a celestial car; taṃ ratham — that chariot; āruhya — having mounted; yayatuḥ — the two went; śīghraṃ — swiftly; tasmād — from that; āśramamaṇḍalāt — from the circle of hermitages

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.