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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.28

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

3.41.28

kasya rūpam idaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāmbūnadamaya prabham
nānāratnamayaṃ divyaṃ na mano vismayaṃ vrajet

Seeing this form, gleaming like gold, made of many jewels, divine—whose mind would not fall into wonder?

Words: kasya — whose; rūpam idaṃ — this form; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; jāmbūnadamaya — made of gold (compound-initial); prabham — radiance, gleam; nānāratnamayaṃ — made of various jewels; divyaṃ — divine; na mano — not the mind; vismayaṃ vrajet — would go to 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.