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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.89.7

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

2.89.7

ādityam upatiṣṭhante niyamād ūrdhvabāhavaḥ
ete 'pare viśālākṣi munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

These other sages, O wide-eyed one, of strict vows, with their arms upraised, worship the Sun as their observance requires.

Words: ādityam — the Sun; upatiṣṭhante — worship, attend upon; niyamād — by their observance; ūrdhvabāhavaḥ — with arms upraised; ete — these; 'pare — others; viśālākṣi — O wide-eyed one; munayaḥ — the sages; saṃśitavratāḥ — of strict vows

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.