Araṇya Kāṇḍa 4: Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire · 3.4.2 →
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.1
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire. Indra departs before meeting Rāma, the ṛṣi receives him and rises young from the flames to Brahmā’s world
In the sequence: Rāma embraces and comforts Sītā, then proposes going quickly to the ṛṣi Śarabhaṅga because the forest is difficult and unfamiliar
3.4.1
hatvā tu taṃ bhīmabalaṃ virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ vane
tataḥ sītāṃ pariṣvajya samāśvāsya ca vīryavān
abravīl lakṣmaṇāṃ rāmo bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ
Having slain in the forest that rākṣasa Virādha of fearsome strength, the valiant Rāma then embraced Sītā and comforted her, and spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing energy:
Words: hatvā — having slain; tu — and; taṃ — that; bhīmabalaṃ — of fearsome strength; virādhaṃ — Virādha; rākṣasaṃ — the rākṣasa; vane — in the forest; tataḥ — then; sītāṃ — Sītā; pariṣvajya — having embraced; samāśvāsya — having comforted; ca — and; vīryavān — the valiant one; abravīl — spoke; lakṣmaṇāṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; rāmo — Rāma; bhrātaraṃ — his brother; dīptatejasaṃ — of blazing energy
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.