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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.30

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: Śarabhaṅga directs him to Sutīkṣṇa and asks him to remain a moment to witness his departure from his aged body

3.4.30

sutīkṣṇam abhigaccha tvaṃ śucau deśe tapasvinam
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe sa te vāsaṃ vidhāsyati

“Go to Sutīkṣṇa, the ascetic, in a pure place, in a lovely tract of the forest; he will provide a dwelling for you.

Words: sutīkṣṇam — Sutīkṣṇa; abhigaccha — go to; tvaṃ — you; śucau — in a pure; deśe — place; tapasvinam — the ascetic; ramaṇīye — in a lovely; vanoddeśe — tract of the forest; sa — he; te — for you; vāsaṃ — a dwelling; vidhāsyati — will provide

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.