Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 40: Rāvaṇa Criticizes Mārīca
Text 3.40.17
सौवर्णस्त्वं मृगो भूत्वा चित्रो रजतबिन्दुभिः।
आश्रमे तस्य रामस्य सीतायाः प्रमुखे चर॥
sauvarṇas tvaṁ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajata-bindubhiḥ
āśrame tasya rāmasya sītāyāḥ pramukhe cara
sauvarṇaḥ = a golden; tvam1 mṛgaḥ = deer; bhūtvā = become; citraḥ = freckled; rajata-bindubhiḥ = with silver spots; āśrame = in āśrama; tasya rāmasya = Rāma’s; sītāyāḥ = of Sītā; pramukhe = in front; cara = and move about.
Become a golden deer freckled with silver spots and move about in Rāma’s āśrama in front of Sītā.
1 Technical note: tvam cara.