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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.21

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: Rāma too is captivated by its appearance and speaks of fulfilling her wish

3.41.21

tena kāñcanaroṃṇā tu maṇipravaraśṛṅgiṇā
taruṇādityavarṇena nakṣatrapathavarcasā
babhūva rāghavasyāpi mano vismayam āgatam

And by that deer—golden-haired, with horns of choicest gems, of the colour of the young sun, radiant as the starry sky—even Rāghava's mind was filled with wonder.

Words: tena — by that (one); kāñcanaroṃṇā — golden-haired; tu — and; maṇipravaraśṛṅgiṇā — with horns of choicest gems; taruṇādityavarṇena — of the colour of the young sun; nakṣatrapathavarcasā — radiant as the starry path (sky); babhūva — became; rāghavasyāpi — even Rāghava's; mano — mind; vismayam āgatam — come to wonder, filled with wonder

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.