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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.7

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

3.4.7

haribhir vājibhir yuktam antarikṣagataṃ ratham
dadarśādūratas tasya taruṇādityasaṃnibham

Not far from him he saw a chariot moving in the sky, yoked with tawny steeds, resembling the young rising sun.

Words: haribhir — with tawny (horses); vājibhir — with steeds; yuktam — yoked; antarikṣagataṃ — moving in the sky; ratham — the chariot; dadarśādūratas — he saw not far off; tasya — from him; taruṇādityasaṃnibham — resembling the young sun

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.