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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.6

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: they see deer drinking and tapasvins bathing or worshipping the sun

2.89.6

jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ
ṛṣayas tv avagāhante nadīṃ mandākinīṃ priye

Wearing matted locks and antelope-skins, clad in bark upper-garments, the seers, my dear, bathe at the proper time in the river Mandākinī.

Words: jaṭājinadharāḥ — wearing matted locks and antelope-skins; kāle — at the (proper) time; valkalottaravāsasaḥ — clad in bark upper-garments; ṛṣayas — the seers; tv — indeed; avagāhante — plunge in, bathe; nadīṃ mandākinīṃ — the river Mandākinī; priye — my dear

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.