Chapter 40 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 40.14

शृणु तत्कर्म साहाय्ये यत्कार्यं वचनान्मम। सौवर्णस्त्वं मृगो भूत्वा चित्रो रजतबिन्दुभिः॥ आश्रमे तस्य रामस्य सीतायाः प्रमुखे चर। प्रलोभयित्वा वैदेही यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हसि ॥

śṛṇu tatkarma sāhāyye yatkāryaṃ vacanānmama| sauvarṇastvaṃ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajatabindubhiḥ|| āśrame tasya rāmasya sītāyāḥ pramukhe cara| pralobhayitvā vaidehī yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhasi ||

English Meaning

Listen what you shall have to do at my request in my aid; assuming the shape of a deer having golden skin painted with silvery drops do you proceed to the asylum of Rāma, and ranging at large before Vaidehī do you after captivating her take your wished-for way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)