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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.33

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

3.41.33

etasya mṛgaratnasya parārdhye kāñcanatvaci
upavekṣyati vaidehī mayā saha sumadhyamā

Upon the priceless golden hide of this jewel of a deer, slender-waisted Vaidehī shall sit together with me.

Words: etasya — of this; mṛgaratnasya — jewel of a deer; parārdhye — priceless, most precious; kāñcanatvaci — on the golden hide; upavekṣyati — will sit; vaidehī — Vaidehī; mayā saha — together with me; sumadhyamā — slender-waisted

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.