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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.42.8
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: frustrated and angry, Rāma watches it pause on a shaded patch of grass among other deer
3.42.8
darśanādarśanenaiva so 'pākarṣata rāghavam
āsīt kruddhas tu kākutstho vivaśas tena mohitaḥ
By this appearing and disappearing, it drew Rāghava on; and Kākutstha grew angry, helpless, bewildered by it.
Words: darśanādarśanenaiva — by appearing and disappearing; so 'pākarṣata — it drew away; rāghavam — Rāghava; āsīt — became; kruddhas tu — angry; kākutstho — Kākutstha; vivaśas — helpless; tena — by it; mohitaḥ — bewildered
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.