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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.35
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: he passes beyond the other heavenly worlds to Brahmā's world, where Brahmā welcomes him.
3.4.35
sa lokān āhitāgnīnām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
devānāṃ ca vyatikramya brahmalokaṃ vyarohata
Passing beyond the worlds of the fire-tending seers, of the great-souled ones, and of the gods, he ascended to the world of Brahmā.
Words: sa — he; lokān — the worlds; āhitāgnīnām — of those who have set up the sacred fires; ṛṣīṇāṃ — of the seers; ca — and; mahātmanām — of the great-souled; devānāṃ — of the gods; ca — and; vyatikramya — having passed beyond; brahmalokaṃ — the world of Brahmā; vyarohata — ascended to
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.