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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.26
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
3.4.26
samāgamya gamiṣyāmi tridivaṃ devasevitam
akṣayā naraśārdūla jitā lokā mayā śubhāḥ
brāhmyāś ca nākapṛṣṭhyāś ca pratigṛhṇīṣva māmakān
Having met you I shall go to the triple heaven frequented by the gods; imperishable and auspicious worlds have been won by me, O tiger among men — both those of Brahmā and those on the vault of heaven; receive these that are mine.
Words: samāgamya — having met; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; tridivaṃ — to the triple heaven; devasevitam — frequented by the gods; akṣayā — imperishable; naraśārdūla — O tiger among men; jitā — won; lokā — worlds; mayā — by me; śubhāḥ — auspicious; brāhmyāś — of Brahmā; ca — and; nākapṛṣṭhyāś — of the vault of heaven; ca — and; pratigṛhṇīṣva — receive; māmakān — mine
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.