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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 10]
sītā-kathā-śravaṇa-dīpita-hṛc-chayena sṛṣṭam vilokya nṛpate daśa-kandhareṇa jaghne 'dbhutaiṇa-vapuṣāśramato 'pakṛṣṭo mārīcam āśu viśikhena yathā kam ugraḥ
sītā-kathā—topics about Sītādevī; śravaṇa—by hearing; dīpita—agitated; hṛt-śayena—lusty desires within the mind of Rāvaṇa; sṛṣṭam—created; vilokya—seeing that; nṛpate—O King Parikṣit; daśa-kandhareṇa—by Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads; jaghne—the Lord killed; adbhuta-eṇa-vapuṣā—by a deer made of gold; āśramataḥ—from His residence; apakṛṣṭaḥ—distracted to a distance; mārīcam—the demon Mārīca, who assumed the form of a golden deer; āśu—immediately; viśikhena—by a sharp arrow; yathā—as; kam—Dakṣa; ugraḥ—Lord Śiva.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, when Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads on his shoulders, heard about the beautiful and attractive features of Sītā, his mind was agitated by lusty desires, and he went to kidnap her. To distract Lord Rāmacandra from His āśrama, Rāvaṇa sent Mārīca in the form of a golden deer, and when Lord Rāmacandra saw that wonderful deer, He left His residence and followed it and finally killed it with a sharp arrow, just as Lord Śiva killed Dakṣa.
TEXT 11
रक्षोऽधमेन वृक्रवद् विपिनेऽसमक्षं
वैदेहराजदुहितर्यपयापितायाम् ।
भ्रात्रा वने कृपणवत् प्रियया वियुक्तः
स्त्रीसङ्गिनां गतिमिति प्रथयंश्चचार ॥११॥
rakṣo-'dhamena vṛkavad vipine 'samakṣam vaideha-rāja-duhitary apayāpitāyām bhrātrā vane kṛpaṇavat priyayā viyuktaḥ strī-saṅginām gatim iti prathayamś cacāra