Araṇya Kāṇḍa 42: Mārīca’s false cry · 3.42.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 42: Mārīca’s false cry. Mortally wounded, he calls in Rāma’s voice, Rāma fears for Sītā and takes another deer’s meat before hurrying back

In the sequence: Rāma equips himself with sword, bow, and quivers and follows

3.42.1

tathā tu taṃ samādiśya bhrātaraṃ raghunandanaḥ
babandhāsiṃ mahātejā jāmbūnadamayatsarum

Having thus instructed his brother, the joy of the Raghus, of great splendour, girded on his sword with a hilt of gold.

Words: tathā tu — and thus; taṃ — him; samādiśya — having instructed; bhrātaraṃ — brother; raghunandanaḥ — the joy of the Raghus; babandhāsiṃ — girded on the sword; mahātejā — of great splendour; jāmbūnadamayatsarum — with a hilt made of gold

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.