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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.13
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
3.4.13
urodeśeṣu sarveṣāṃ hārā jvalanasaṃnibhāḥ
rūpaṃ bibhrati saumitre pañcaviṃśativārṣikam
On the chests of all of them are necklaces resembling fire; they bear, O Saumitri, the appearance of twenty-five-year-olds.
Words: urodeśeṣu — on the regions of the chest; sarveṣāṃ — of all; hārā — necklaces; jvalanasaṃnibhāḥ — resembling fire; rūpaṃ — the appearance; bibhrati — they bear; saumitre — O Saumitri; pañcaviṃśativārṣikam — of twenty-five years
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.