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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.3
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: one morning, as night gives way to dawn, he sets out to bathe in the Godāvarī → Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa follow, Lakṣmaṇa carrying a water pot
3.15.3
prahvaḥ kalaśahastas taṃ sītayā saha vīryavān
pṛṣṭhato 'nuvrajan bhrātā saumitrir idam abravīt
Bowing respectfully, water-pot in hand, the valiant brother Saumitri, walking behind him along with Sītā, spoke these words to him:
Words: prahvaḥ — bowing, deferential; kalaśahastas — with a water-pot in hand; taṃ — to him; sītayā saha — together with Sītā; vīryavān — the valiant one; pṛṣṭhato — behind; 'nuvrajan — following, walking after; bhrātā — the brother; saumitrir — Saumitri (son of Sumitrā); idam — this; abravīt — spoke
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.