58 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10

sita-katha-sravana-dipita-hrc-chayena
srstam vilokya nrpate dasa-kandharena

Jaghne ‘dbhutaina-vapusdsramato ’pakrsto
maricam asu visikhena yatha kam ugrah

sita-katha—topics about Sitadevi; sravana—by hearing; dipita—agi-
tated; hrt-sayena—lusty desires within the mind of Ravana; srstam—
created; wvilokya—seeing that; nrpate—O King Pariksit; dasa-
kandharena—by Ravana, who had ten heads; jaghne—the Lord killed;
adbhuta-ena-vapusd—by a deer made of gold; adsramatah—from His
residence; apakrstah—distracted to a distance; mdricam—the demon
Marica, who assumed the form of a golden deer; Gsu—immediately;
visikhena—by a sharp arrow; yathd—as; kam—Daksa; ugrah—Lord
Siva.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, when Ravana, who had ten heads on his
shoulders, heard about the beautiful and attractive features of
Sita, his mind was agitated by lusty desires, and he went to kidnap
her. To distract Lord Ramacandra from His aSrama, Ravana sent
Marica in the form of a golden deer, and when Lord Ramacandra
saw that wonderful deer, He left His residence and followed it and
finally killed it with a sharp arrow, just as Lord Siva killed Daksa.

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rakso-'dhamena vrkavad vipine ’samaksam
vaideha-raja-duhitary apayadpitayam

bhratra vane krpanavat priyaya viyuktah
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