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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.27

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 replies that he will earn such worlds himself; what he needs now is a place to live in the forest

3.4.27

evam ukto naravyāghraḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
ṛṣiṇā śarabhaṅgena rāghavo vākyam abravīt

Addressed thus by the seer Śarabhaṅga, that tiger among men, versed in all the sciences, Rāghava spoke these words:

Words: evam — thus; ukto — addressed; naravyāghraḥ — tiger among men; sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ — versed in all the sciences; ṛṣiṇā — by the seer; śarabhaṅgena — by Śarabhaṅga; rāghavo — Rāghava; vākyam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.