O sinless one, his wife was carried away by force and by stratagem from Janasthana by the mighty lord of the Rakshasas, the wicked minded Ravana deceiving that foremost of men through the Rakshasa Maricha who assumed the forn of a deer marked with gems and golden spots.
तस्या भार्या जनस्थानाच्छलेनापाहृता बलात्। राक्षसेन्द्रेण बलिना रावणेन दुरात्मना।॥ सुवर्णरत्नचित्रेण मृगरूपेण रक्षसा। वञ्चयित्वा नरव्याघ्रं मारीचेन तदानघ॥