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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.8

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

3.40.8

tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca
girīṃś ca saritaḥ sarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca

gazing, as they went, upon cities and forests, and mountains and all the rivers, kingdoms and towns,

Words: tathaiva — even so, likewise; tatra — there; paśyantau — the two gazing; pattanāni — cities, towns; vanāni ca — and forests; girīṃś ca — and mountains; saritaḥ — rivers; sarvā — all; rāṣṭrāṇi — kingdoms; nagarāṇi ca — and towns

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.