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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.38

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: they reach the Godāvarī and bathe → they perform water-tarpaṇa for the pitṛs and daivatas, then praise the risen Sūrya and the devatās

3.15.38

tarpayitvātha salilais te pitṝn daivatāni ca
stuvanti smoditaṃ sūryaṃ devatāś ca samāhitāḥ

Then, having satisfied the ancestors and the gods with water-offerings, they, composed in mind, praised the risen sun and the deities.

Words: tarpayitvātha — and having satisfied (with libations); salilais — with water; te — they; pitṝn — the ancestors, fathers; daivatāni — the deities; ca — and; stuvanti — they praise; smoditaṃ — (past particle) the risen; sūryaṃ — the sun; devatāś — the deities; ca — and; samāhitāḥ — composed, attentive

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.