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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.10
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: midday sunshine is pleasant, but shade and water are unwelcome; the nights grow longer and colder, and people stop sleeping outdoors
3.15.10
atyantasukhasaṃcārā madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhāḥ
divasāḥ subhagādityāś chāyāsaliladurbhagāḥ
The days, exceedingly pleasant to move about in, agreeable to the touch at noon, with a delightful sun, make shade and water disagreeable.
Words: atyantasukhasaṃcārā — in which moving about is extremely pleasant; madhyāhne — at noon; sparśataḥ — to the touch; sukhāḥ — pleasant; divasāḥ — the days; subhagādityāś — having a delightful sun; chāyāsaliladurbhagāḥ — making shade and water disagreeable
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.