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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 89: Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī. He urges her to bathe and regard the mountain as Ayodhyā, the river as Sarayū and its animals as citizens

In the sequence: Rāma invites Sītā to bathe with him, saying that being there with her seems better than city life

2.89.13

vidhūtakaluṣaiḥ siddhais tapodamaśamānvitaiḥ
nityavikṣobhita jalāṃ vihāhasva mayā saha

Bathe with me in this river, whose waters are ever stirred by the Siddhas — men purged of impurity, endowed with austerity, self-restraint, and calm.

Words: vidhūtakaluṣaiḥ — by those whose impurity is shaken off; siddhais — by the Siddhas; tapodamaśamānvitaiḥ — endowed with austerity, restraint, and calm; nityavikṣobhita jalāṃ — whose water is ever stirred; vihāhasva — bathe, plunge in; mayā saha — together with me

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.