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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.31

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: he discusses hunting for food and recreation and the value of unusual things obtained through effort, imagining the hide as a seat for them both

3.41.31

tat sāram akhilaṃ nṝṇāṃ dhanaṃ nicayavardhanam
manasā cintitaṃ sarvaṃ yathā śukrasya lakṣmaṇa

That is the whole essence of men's wealth, augmenting their store—all that is conceived in the mind, as it is for Śukra, Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: tat sāram — that essence; akhilaṃ — whole, entire; nṝṇāṃ — of men; dhanaṃ — wealth; nicayavardhanam — augmenting the store; manasā — by the mind; cintitaṃ — conceived, thought; sarvaṃ — all; yathā — as; śukrasya — of Śukra (Venus, guru of the asuras); lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa

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.