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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.6

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

3.4.6

suprabhābharaṇaṃ devaṃ virajo 'mbaradhāriṇam
tadvidhair eva bahubhiḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahātmabhiḥ

the god with brilliant ornaments, wearing spotless garments, being worshipped by many great-souled ones of like kind;

Words: suprabhābharaṇaṃ — with brilliant ornaments; devaṃ — the god; virajo — spotless; 'mbaradhāriṇam — wearing garments; tadvidhair — of that kind; eva — indeed; bahubhiḥ — by many; pūjyamānaṃ — being worshipped; mahātmabhiḥ — by the great-souled

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.