Chapter 42 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 42.25

स च तां रामदयितां पश्यन् मायामयो मृगः॥ विचचार ततस्तत्र दीपयन्निव तद् वनम्।

sa ca tāṃ rāmadayitāṃ paśyan māyāmayo mṛgaḥ|| vicacāra tatastatra dīpayanniva tad vanam|

English Meaning

That illusive deer seeing Rāma's wife began to inove around as if lighting up that forest (with the fire of its beauty).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)