शङ्कितन्तु समुद्भ्रान्तमुत्पतन्तमिवाम्बरे | दृश्यमानमदृश्यं च वनोद्देशेषु केषुचित् || ३-४४-६
Suspecting that he might be caught, the deer was, as though jumping into the sky. Now it came within sight and now out of sight in the huge forest. [3-44-6]
It looked like the autumnal moon surrounded by clouds. (The clouds muffle the Moon and reveal him now and then). He ( Maricha ) was seen now near, now far off. [3-44-7]