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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.9

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

3.40.9

sametya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ rāghavasyāśramaṃ tataḥ
dadarśa sahamarīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ

Reaching the Daṇḍaka forest, Rāvaṇa, lord of rākṣasas, together with Mārīca, then beheld the hermitage of Rāghava.

Words: sametya — having reached; daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ — the Daṇḍaka forest; rāghavasyāśramaṃ — the hermitage of Rāghava; tataḥ — then; dadarśa — beheld; sahamarīco — together with Mārīca; rāvaṇo — Rāvaṇa; rākṣasādhipaḥ — lord of rākṣasas

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.