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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.17

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: seeing Rāma coming, Indra tells the Devas that Rāma has a great deed still to accomplish and that he will meet him after its successful completion → Indra takes leave of Śarabhaṅga and returns to heaven before Rāma addresses him.

3.4.17

tataḥ samabhigacchantaṃ prekṣya rāmaṃ śacīpatiḥ
śarabhaṅgam anujñāpya vibudhān idam abravīt

Then, seeing Rāma approaching, the lord of Śacī (Indra), taking leave of Śarabhaṅga, said this to the gods:

Words: tataḥ — then; samabhigacchantaṃ — approaching; prekṣya — having seen; rāmaṃ — Rāma; śacīpatiḥ — the lord of Śacī (Indra); śarabhaṅgam — Śarabhaṅga; anujñāpya — having taken leave of; vibudhān — to the gods; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.