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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.31

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

3.4.31

eṣa panthā naravyāghra muhūrtaṃ paśya tāta mām
yāvaj jahāmi gātrāṇi jīrṇaṃ tvacam ivoragaḥ

This is the path, O tiger among men; look upon me a moment, my son, while I cast off my limbs as a serpent casts off its worn-out skin.”

Words: eṣa — this; panthā — the path; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; muhūrtaṃ — for a moment; paśya — look upon; tāta — my son, dear one; mām — me; yāvaj — while; jahāmi — I cast off; gātrāṇi — limbs; jīrṇaṃ — worn-out; tvacam — skin; ivoragaḥ — like a serpent

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.