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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.21

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

3.15.21

avaśyāyatamonaddhā nīhāratamasāvṛtāḥ
prasuptā iva lakṣyante vipuṣpā vanarājayaḥ

Bound up in the darkness of dew and enveloped in the gloom of mist, the flowerless rows of forest trees look as though fast asleep.

Words: avaśyāyatamonaddhā — bound up in the darkness of dew; nīhāratamasāvṛtāḥ — enveloped in the gloom of mist; prasuptā iva — as though fast asleep; lakṣyante — are seen, appear; vipuṣpā — flowerless; vanarājayaḥ — rows of forest trees

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.