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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.28

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

3.4.28

aham evāhariṣyāmi sarvāṃl lokān mahāmune
āvāsaṃ tv aham icchāmi pradiṣṭam iha kānane

“I myself shall win all those worlds, great sage; but I wish for a dwelling here in this forest, one pointed out to me.”

Words: aham — I; evāhariṣyāmi — myself shall win; sarvāṃl — all; lokān — worlds; mahāmune — O great sage; āvāsaṃ — a dwelling; tv — but; aham — I; icchāmi — wish; pradiṣṭam — pointed out; iha — here; kānane — in the forest

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.