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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.15

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: she hopes to take it back to Ayodhyā as a living marvel for the family → if it cannot be caught alive, she asks for its golden hide to spread over her grass couch

3.41.15

yadi grahaṇam abhyeti jīvann eva mṛgas tava
āścaryabhūtaṃ bhavati vismayaṃ janayiṣyati

If the deer comes into your capture alive, it will be a marvel and will excite wonder.

Words: yadi — if; grahaṇam — capture; abhyeti — comes to; jīvann eva — alive; mṛgas tava — the deer, yours; āścaryabhūtaṃ — a marvel; bhavati — becomes, is; vismayaṃ — wonder; janayiṣyati — will produce

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.