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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.3

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 embraces and comforts Sītā, then proposes going quickly to the ṛṣi Śarabhaṅga because the forest is difficult and unfamiliar

3.4.3

āśramaṃ śarabhaṅgasya rāghavo 'bhijagāma ha

Rāghava went to the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.

Words: āśramaṃ — the hermitage; śarabhaṅgasya — of Śarabhaṅga; rāghavo — Rāghava; 'bhijagāma — went to; ha — indeed

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.