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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.14
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: frost dims the moon like breath clouding a mirror and makes the west wind doubly cold
3.15.14
jyotsnā tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate
sīteva cātapa śyāmā lakṣyate na tu śobhate
The moonlight, sullied by frost, does not shine on the full-moon night; darkened even in the sunshine like Sītā, it is seen but does not gleam.
Words: jyotsnā — the moonlight; tuṣāramalinā — sullied by frost; paurṇamāsyāṃ — on the full-moon night; na — not; rājate — shines, is resplendent; sīteva — like Sītā; cātapa — and in the sunlight; śyāmā — dark, darkened; lakṣyate — is perceived, is seen; na — not; tu — but; śobhate — gleams, looks beautiful
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.