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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.24

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: asked about Indra's visit, Śarabhaṅga explains that he has won heavenly worlds through austerity but delayed his departure to receive Rāma → he offers Rāma the worlds he has earned

3.4.24

mām eṣa varado rāma brahmalokaṃ ninīṣati
jitam ugreṇa tapasā duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ

“This boon-giver (Brahmā), O Rāma, wishes to lead me to the world of Brahmā — won by fierce austerity, hard to attain for those of unperfected souls.

Words: mām — me; eṣa — this; varado — boon-giver; rāma — O Rāma; brahmalokaṃ — to the world of Brahmā; ninīṣati — wishes to lead; jitam — won; ugreṇa — by fierce; tapasā — austerity; duṣprāpam — hard to attain; akṛtātmabhiḥ — by those of unperfected souls

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.