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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.21
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: the account then says that Rāma kills another spotted deer, takes its meat, and hurries back toward Janasthāna.
3.42.21
nihatya pṛṣataṃ cānyaṃ māṃsam ādāya rāghavaḥ
tvaramāṇo janasthānaṃ sasārābhimukhas tadā
Having killed another spotted deer and taken its flesh, Rāghava then, in haste, set off toward Janasthāna.
Words: nihatya — having killed; pṛṣataṃ cānyaṃ — and another spotted deer; māṃsam ādāya — taking the flesh; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; tvaramāṇo — hastening; janasthānaṃ — toward Janasthāna; sasārābhimukhas — set off facing (toward); tadā — then
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.