मारीचेन तु विज्ञाय स्वरमालम्ब्य मामकम्।
विक्रुष्टं मृगरूपेण लक्ष्मणः शृणुयाद्यदि॥
स सौमित्रिः स्वरं श्रुत्वा तां च हित्वा च मैथिलीम्।
तयैव प्रहितः क्षिप्रं मत्सकाशमिहैष्यति॥
mārīcena tu vijñāya svaram ālambya māmakam
vikruṣṭaṁ mṛga-rūpeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ śṛṇuyād yadi
sa saumitriḥ svaraṁ śrutvā tāṁ ca hitvā ca maithilīm
tayaiva prahitaḥ kṣipraṁ mat-sakāśam ihaiṣyati
mārīcena tu = Mārīca; vijñāya = knows; svaram = voice; ālambya = in imitation of My voice; māmakam = My; vikruṣṭam = his cries; mṛga-rūpeṇa = who had assumed the form of a deer; lakṣmaṇaḥ = Lakṣmaṇa; śṛṇuyāt yadi = might have heard; saḥ saumitriḥ = Saumitri; svaram = Mārīca’s voice; śrutvā = after hearing; tām ca = the; hitvā ca = would have left; maithilīm = princess of Mithilā; tayā = [for] she; eva = herself; prahitaḥ = would have sent Him [to Me]; kṣipram = quickly; mat-sakāśam = to [meet] Me; iha = here; eṣyati = He should be coming.
Mārīca who had assumed the form of a deer knows My voice. Lakṣmaṇa might have heard his cries in imitation of My voice. After hearing Mārīca’s voice, Saumitri would have left the princess of Mithilā, [for] she herself would have sent Him [to Me]. He should be quickly coming to [meet] Me here.1
1 A lesson to learn from this event: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always aware of the real possibility of His representatives unintentionally misleading their subordinates while attempting to serve Him. When such an event does take place, the subordinates should ardently take shelter of the Supreme Lord who never fails to protect them. Prabhupāda writes in Chapter 37 of The Nectar of Devotion: “Kṛṣṇa is the protector of all surrendered souls. Some enemy of Kṛṣṇa’s was enlivened with the thought that he needn’t fear Kṛṣṇa, because if he simply surrendered unto Him, Kṛṣṇa would give him all protection. Kṛṣṇa is sometimes compared to the moon, which does not hesitate to distribute its soothing rays, even on the houses of the caṇḍālas and other untouchables.”
Mārīca had cried out loudly in imitation of Lord Śrī Rāma’s voice, “Ah, Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!” Lord Rāma considered that Sītā-devī would have sent Lakṣmaṇa to Him upon hearing Mārīca’s voice.