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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.23
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.
3.15.23
tuṣārapatanāc caiva mṛdutvād bhāskarasya ca
śaityād agāgrastham api prāyeṇa rasavaj jalam
Because of the falling of frost and the mildness of the sun, and because of the cold, even the water resting on treetops is for the most part savoury.
Words: tuṣārapatanāc — from the falling of frost; caiva — and indeed; mṛdutvād — from the mildness; bhāskarasya — of the sun; ca — and; śaityād — from the cold; agāgrastham — standing on the treetops; api — even; prāyeṇa — for the most part, generally; rasavaj — savoury, full of flavour; jalam — the water
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.