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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.22
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: fog hides the river birds, leaving only their calls; frost wets the banks, makes water on the treetops pleasant to taste, and shatters the lotuses, leaving bare stalks.
3.15.22
bāṣpasaṃchannasalilā rutavijñeyasārasāḥ
himārdravālukais tīraiḥ sarito bhānti sāmpratam
With their waters shrouded in mist, their sāras cranes known only by their cries, and their banks of frost-wet sand, the rivers now gleam.
Words: bāṣpasaṃchannasalilā — with waters shrouded in mist; rutavijñeyasārasāḥ — whose sāras cranes are known by their cries; himārdravālukais — with frost-wet sands; tīraiḥ — with banks; sarito — the rivers; bhānti — shine, gleam; sāmpratam — now
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.