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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.2
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: one morning, as night gives way to dawn, he sets out to bathe in the Godāvarī → Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa follow, Lakṣmaṇa carrying a water pot
3.15.2
sa kadā cit prabhātāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ raghunandanaḥ
prayayāv abhiṣekārthaṃ ramyaṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm
Once, when the night had brightened into dawn, that delight of the Raghus set out to bathe in the lovely Godāvarī river.
Words: sa — he; kadā cit — once, at a certain time; prabhātāyāṃ — having brightened into dawn; śarvaryāṃ — when the night; raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus; prayayāv — set out; abhiṣekārthaṃ — for the purpose of bathing; ramyaṃ — lovely; godāvarīṃ — Godāvarī; nadīm — river
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.