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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.21
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: Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa approach the muni, bow, and sit with his permission
3.4.21
prayāte tu sahasrākṣe rāghavaḥ saparicchadaḥ
agnihotram upāsīnaṃ śarabhaṅgam upāgamat
When the thousand-eyed one had departed, Rāghava with his retinue approached Śarabhaṅga, who was tending the sacred fire.
Words: prayāte — having departed (loc. abs.); tu — and; sahasrākṣe — the thousand-eyed one; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; saparicchadaḥ — with his retinue; agnihotram — the fire-oblation; upāsīnaṃ — tending, sitting near; śarabhaṅgam — Śarabhaṅga; upāgamat — approached
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.