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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.32

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: the muni kindles a fire, offers ghee, and enters it → his old body burns, and he rises from the flames in a youthful form

3.4.32

tato 'gniṃ sa samādhāya hutvā cājyena mantravit
śarabhaṅgo mahātejāḥ praviveśa hutāśanam

Then, kindling the fire and offering an oblation with ghee, the knower of sacred formulas, Śarabhaṅga of great splendour, entered the fire.

Words: tato — then; 'gniṃ — the fire; sa — he; samādhāya — having kindled, set up; hutvā — having offered; cājyena — and with ghee; mantravit — the knower of sacred formulas; śarabhaṅgo — Śarabhaṅga; mahātejāḥ — of great splendour; praviveśa — entered; hutāśanam — the fire

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.