Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 5: Rāma Meets Sage Śarabhaṅga
Text 3.5.20
ततः समभिगच्छन्तं प्रेक्ष्य रामं शचीपतिः।
शरभङ्गमनुप्राप्य विविक्त इदमब्रवीत्॥
tataḥ samabhigacchantaṁ prekṣya rāmaṁ śacī-patiḥ
śarabhaṅgam anuprāpya vivikta idam abravīt
tataḥ samabhigacchantam = approaching; pra-īkṣya = seeing; rāmam = Rāma; śacī-patiḥ = the husband of Śacī; śarabhaṅgam = to Śarabhaṅga; anuprāpya = came close; vivikte = and secretly; idam = the following; abravīt = told him.
Seeing Rāma approaching, the husband of Śacī came close to Śarabhaṅga and secretly told him the following.
Indra came close to Śarabhaṅga so that [the sage] could hear from him something confidential.