← 3.4.35 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa 4: Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.36
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.
3.4.36
sa puṇyakarmā bhuvane dvijarṣabhaḥ pitāmahaṃ sānucaraṃ dadarśa ha
pitāmahaś cāpi samīkṣya taṃ dvijaṃ nananda susvāgatam ity uvāca ha
That bull among the twice-born, of holy deeds, beheld in the world the Grandsire (Brahmā) with his attendants; and the Grandsire too, gazing upon that twice-born one, rejoiced and said, “Well come!”
Words: sa — he; puṇyakarmā — of holy deeds; bhuvane — in the world; dvijarṣabhaḥ — bull among the twice-born; pitāmahaṃ — the Grandsire (Brahmā); sānucaraṃ — with his attendants; dadarśa — beheld; ha — indeed; pitāmahaś — the Grandsire; cāpi — and also; samīkṣya — having gazed upon; taṃ — that; dvijaṃ — twice-born one; nananda — rejoiced; susvāgatam — “well come”; ity — thus; uvāca — said; ha — indeed
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.