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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.5

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: near the hermitage he sees Indra above the ground, accompanied by a heavenly chariot, tawny horses, a white parasol, attendants, and gandharvas, amaras, siddhas and paramarṣis offering praise

3.4.5

vibhrājamānaṃ vapuṣā sūryavaiśvānaropamam
asaṃspṛśantaṃ vasudhāṃ dadarśa vibudheśvaram

He saw the lord of the gods, radiant in body, like the sun and fire, not touching the earth.

Words: vibhrājamānaṃ — radiant, shining; vapuṣā — in body; sūryavaiśvānaropamam — like the sun and fire; asaṃspṛśantaṃ — not touching; vasudhāṃ — the earth; dadarśa — he saw; vibudheśvaram — the lord of the gods

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.