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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.19
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
3.15.19
agrāhyavīryaḥ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhaḥ
saṃraktaḥ kiṃ cid āpāṇḍur ātapaḥ śobhate kṣitau
Its power imperceptible in the forenoon, pleasant to the touch at midday, somewhat reddened and pale-white, the sunshine is beautiful upon the earth.
Words: agrāhyavīryaḥ — of imperceptible force; pūrvāhṇe — in the forenoon; madhyāhne — at midday; sparśataḥ — to the touch; sukhaḥ — pleasant; saṃraktaḥ — reddened, tinged red; kiṃ cid — somewhat; āpāṇḍur — pale-white, whitish; ātapaḥ — the sunshine, heat; śobhate — is beautiful, shines; kṣitau — on the earth
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.