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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.33
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
3.4.33
tasya romāṇi keśāṃś ca dadāhāgnir mahātmanaḥ
jīrṇaṃ tvacaṃ tathāsthīni yac ca māṃsaṃ ca śoṇitam
The fire burned the body-hair and the head-hair of that great-souled one, and his worn-out skin, his bones, and whatever flesh and blood there was.
Words: tasya — his; romāṇi — body-hair; keśāṃś — hair of the head; ca — and; dadāhāgnir — the fire burned; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled; jīrṇaṃ — worn-out; tvacaṃ — skin; tathāsthīni — and the bones; yac — what; ca — and; māṃsaṃ — flesh; ca — and; śoṇitam — blood
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.