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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.20
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
3.15.20
avaśyāyanipātena kiṃ cit praklinnaśādvalā
vanānāṃ śobhate bhūmir niviṣṭataruṇātapā
Its turf somewhat moistened by the falling of dew, and the young sunlight settled upon it, the ground of the forests is beautiful.
Words: avaśyāyanipātena — by the falling of dew; kiṃ cit — a little, somewhat; praklinnaśādvalā — with moistened turf; vanānāṃ — of the forests; śobhate — is beautiful; bhūmir — the ground, earth; niviṣṭataruṇātapā — on which the young sunshine has settled
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.