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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.26
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
3.15.26
tyaktvā rājyaṃ ca mānaṃ ca bhogāṃś ca vividhān bahūn
tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śete śīte mahītale
Renouncing kingship and honour and manifold pleasures, that ascetic, restrained in his food, sleeps on the cold ground.
Words: tyaktvā — having renounced; rājyaṃ — the kingdom, kingship; ca — and; mānaṃ — honour, pride; ca — and; bhogāṃś — enjoyments, pleasures; ca — and; vividhān — various; bahūn — many; tapasvī — the ascetic; niyatāhāraḥ — of restrained diet; śete — lies down, sleeps; śīte — on the cold; mahītale — on the ground
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.