Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 5: Rāma Meets Sage Śarabhaṅga
Text 3.5.41
रामस्तु विस्मितो भ्रात्रा भार्यया च सहात्मवान्॥
rāmas tu vismito bhrātrā bhāryayā ca sahātmavān
rāmaḥ tu = Rāma; vismitaḥ = became astonished; bhrātrā = His brother; bhāryayā = wife; ca saha = and; ātmavān = self-controlled.
Self-controlled Rāma, His brother and wife became astonished.
1 The devayāna pathway is a standard pathway to go to Vaikuṇṭha. The details are noted by the great Vaiṣṇava ācāryas in their commentaries to the fourth chapter of the Vedānta-sūtra. This pathway is contrasted with the pitṛyāṇa pathway, a route to Pitṛloka. Pariniṣṭhitas attain Vaikuṇṭha, after giving up their bodies, through the devayāna pathway.
From the next verse, it is pointed out that Sage Śarabhaṅga attained the spiritual world through the devayāna pathway.1