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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.11
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
3.15.11
mṛdusūryāḥ sanīhārāḥ paṭuśītāḥ samārutāḥ
śūnyāraṇyā himadhvastā divasā bhānti sāmpratam
With their mild sun, their mist, their sharp cold and their winds, their empty forests overwhelmed by frost, the days now gleam.
Words: mṛdusūryāḥ — with a mild sun; sanīhārāḥ — with mist, foggy; paṭuśītāḥ — with sharp cold; samārutāḥ — with winds; śūnyāraṇyā — with empty forests; himadhvastā — overwhelmed by frost; divasā — the days; bhānti — shine, appear; sāmpratam — now
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.