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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.14

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

2.89.14

sakhīvac ca vigāhasva sīte mandakinīm imām
kamalāny avamajjantī puṣkarāṇi ca bhāmini

And plunge into this Mandākinī as into a friend, O Sītā, submerging the lotuses and water-lilies, O lovely one.

Words: sakhīvac — as with a friend; ca — and; vigāhasva — plunge in, bathe; sīte — O Sītā; mandakinīm — the Mandākinī; imām — this; kamalāny — the lotuses; avamajjantī — submerging, dipping under; puṣkarāṇi — the water-lilies, lotuses; ca — and; bhāmini — O lovely one

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.