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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.18

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: the pale morning sun gives little warmth; dew wets the grass, and flowerless trees seem asleep

3.15.18

mayūkhair upasarpadbhir himanīhārasaṃvṛtaiḥ
dūram abhyuditaḥ sūryaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣyate

With its rays creeping forth, wrapped in frost and mist, the sun, risen far up, looks like the moon.

Words: mayūkhair — with (its) rays; upasarpadbhir — creeping up, approaching; himanīhārasaṃvṛtaiḥ — wrapped in frost and mist; dūram — far; abhyuditaḥ — risen up; sūryaḥ — the sun; śaśāṅka iva — like the moon; lakṣyate — is seen, appears

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.