Araṇya Kāṇḍa 15: Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī · 3.15.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī. Lakṣmaṇa describes cold water and imagines Bharata’s Sarayū bath, Rāma bathes with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and offers water

In the sequence: At the close of autumn, early winter begins while Rāma is living at Pañcavaṭī

3.15.1

vasatas tasya tu mukhaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ
śaradvyapāye hemanta ṛtur iṣṭaḥ pravartate

As the great-souled Rāghava was dwelling there, at the close of autumn the pleasant season of early winter set in — its very onset.

Words: vasatas — as he was dwelling; tasya — of him; tu — and; mukhaṃ — the beginning, onset; rāghavasya — of Rāghava; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; śaradvyapāye — at the close of autumn; hemanta — the early-winter (season); ṛtur — the season; iṣṭaḥ — desired, pleasant; pravartate — set in, came on

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.