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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.16

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

3.4.16

tam evam uktvā saumitrim ihaiva sthīyatām iti
abhicakrāma kākutsthaḥ śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ prati

Having said thus to Saumitri, “Stay right here,” Kākutstha walked toward the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.

Words: tam — to him; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; saumitrim — to Saumitri; ihaiva — right here; sthīyatām — let (you) stay; iti — thus; abhicakrāma — walked toward; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha; śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ — toward the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga; prati — toward

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.