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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.6

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 deer repeatedly appears and disappears, stays just beyond arrow range, and draws him farther into the forest

3.42.6

śaṅkitaṃ tu samudbhrāntam utpatantam ivāmbare
daśyamānam adṛśyaṃ ca navoddeśeṣu keṣu cit

now wary and startled, as if springing up into the sky, now seen and now unseen in some fresh spots—

Words: śaṅkitaṃ tu — now wary; samudbhrāntam — startled, agitated; utpatantam — springing up; ivāmbare — as if into the sky; daśyamānam — being seen [source form for dṛśyamānam]; adṛśyaṃ ca — and unseen; navoddeśeṣu — in fresh spots; keṣu cit — in some

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.