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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.41.35
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
3.41.35
eṣa caiva mṛgaḥ śrīmān yaś ca divyo nabhaścaraḥ
ubhāv etau mṛgau divyau tārāmṛgamahīmṛgau
This glorious deer, and that divine one that courses the sky—both these are celestial deer: the star-deer of the sky and the earth-deer.
Words: eṣa caiva — this too; mṛgaḥ śrīmān — the glorious deer; yaś ca — and which; divyo — divine; nabhaścaraḥ — sky-coursing; ubhāv etau — both these; mṛgau divyau — two divine deer; tārāmṛgamahīmṛgau — the star-deer and the earth-deer
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.