Verse 8·VR 3.43.8

मृगो हि एवम् विधो रत्न विचित्रो न अस्ति राघव | जगत्याम् जगतीनाथ माया एषा हि न संशयः || ३-४३-८

evam bruvaaNam kaakutstham prativaarya shuci smitaa |uvaaca siitaa sa.nhR^iShTaa chadmanaa hR^ita cetanaa || 3-43-9

Translation

"Oh, Raghava, this kind of amazing animal with gemlike dapples is nonexistent in the world, isn't it. Hence, oh, lord of the world, this is truly a phantasm. No doubt about it." So said Lakshmana to Rama. [3-43-8]

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