Araṇya Kāṇḍa 41: Rāma pursues the deer · 3.41.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma pursues the deer. Lakṣmaṇa suspects Mārīca, Sītā asks for the living animal or its hide and Rāma leaves Lakṣmaṇa to guard her

In the sequence: Sītā calls Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to look at the deer

3.41.1

sā taṃ saṃprekṣya suśroṇī kusumāni vicinvatī
hemarājata varṇābhyāṃ pārśvābhyām upaśobhitam

Beholding him—graced with two flanks of gold and silver hue—she, the fair-hipped one, while gathering flowers,

Words: sā — she; taṃ — him; saṃprekṣya — having beheld; suśroṇī — the fair-hipped one; kusumāni — flowers; vicinvatī — gathering; hemarājata — gold and silver (compound-initial); varṇābhyāṃ — with the two hues; pārśvābhyām — with the two flanks; upaśobhitam — graced, adorned

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.