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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.11
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: he points out the divine horses and youthful armed attendants to Lakṣmaṇa, then asks him to wait with Sītā while he approaches
3.4.11
dṛṣṭvā śatakratuṃ tatra rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
ye hayāḥ puruhūtasya purā śakrasya naḥ śrutāḥ
antarikṣagatā divyās ta ime harayo dhruvam
Seeing Śatakratu (Indra) there, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa: “The horses of Puruhūta Śakra of which we have heard long ago — these divine ones moving in the sky are surely they.
Words: dṛṣṭvā — having seen; śatakratuṃ — Śatakratu (Indra); tatra — there; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇam — to Lakṣmaṇa; abravīt — said; ye — which; hayāḥ — horses; puruhūtasya — of Puruhūta (Indra); purā — long ago; śakrasya — of Śakra; naḥ — by us; śrutāḥ — heard; antarikṣagatā — moving in the sky; divyās — divine; ta — those; ime — these; harayo — the tawny horses; dhruvam — surely
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.