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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.20

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.

3.4.20

iti vajrī tam āmantrya mānayitvā ca tāpasaṃ
rathena hariyuktena yayau divam ariṃdamaḥ

So speaking, the wielder of the thunderbolt took leave of him and honoured the ascetic, and the subduer of foes went off to heaven in his horse-yoked chariot.

Words: iti — thus; vajrī — the wielder of the thunderbolt; tam — him; āmantrya — having taken leave of; mānayitvā — having honoured; ca — and; tāpasaṃ — the ascetic; rathena — in the chariot; hariyuktena — yoked with tawny horses; yayau — went; divam — to heaven; ariṃdamaḥ — the subduer of foes

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.