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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.25
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 cold turns Lakṣmaṇa's thoughts to Bharata, who has renounced Kingship and comfort, eats sparingly, and sleeps on the cold ground out of devotion to Rāma
3.15.25
asmiṃs tu puruṣavyāghra kāle duḥkhasamanvitaḥ
tapaś carati dharmātmā tvadbhaktyā bharataḥ pure
But at this season, O tiger among men, the righteous Bharata, filled with sorrow, out of devotion to you practises austerities in the city.
Words: asmiṃs — at this; tu — but; puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; kāle — time, season; duḥkhasamanvitaḥ — filled with sorrow; tapaś — austerity, penance; carati — practises, performs; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; tvadbhaktyā — out of devotion to you; bharataḥ — Bharata; pure — in the city
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.