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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.16
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: mist veils the woods and grain fields, cranes call, and ripe rice bends beneath its golden grain
3.15.16
bāṣpacchannān araṇyāni yavagodhūmavanti ca
śobhante 'bhyudite sūrye nadadbhiḥ krauñcasārasaiḥ
The forests, veiled in mist and rich in barley and wheat, are beautiful when the sun has risen, with the cries of krauñcas and sāras cranes.
Words: bāṣpacchannān — veiled in mist; araṇyāni — the forests; yavagodhūmavanti — possessing barley and wheat; ca — and; śobhante — are beautiful, shine; 'bhyudite sūrye — when the sun has risen; nadadbhiḥ — with (them) crying out; krauñcasārasaiḥ — with krauñca and sārasa cranes
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.