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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.39
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: after bathing, Rāma shines beside Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa like Rudra after his bath, accompanied by the mountain-King's daughter, Pārvatī, and Nandin.
3.15.39
kṛtābhiṣekaḥ sa rarāja rāmaḥ sītādvitīyaḥ saha lakṣmaṇena
kṛtābhiṣekas tv agarājaputryā rudraḥ sanandir bhagavān iveśaḥ
Having bathed, Rāma shone forth with Sītā as his second and together with Lakṣmaṇa, like the lord Rudra, the blessed god, after bathing, with the daughter of the mountain-king and with Nandin.
Words: kṛtābhiṣekaḥ — having performed his ablution; sa — he; rarāja — shone, was resplendent; rāmaḥ — Rāma; sītādvitīyaḥ — having Sītā as his second (companion); saha lakṣmaṇena — together with Lakṣmaṇa; kṛtābhiṣekas — having bathed; tv — and, but; agarājaputryā — with the daughter of the mountain-king (Pārvatī); rudraḥ — Rudra; sanandir — together with Nandin; bhagavān — the blessed lord; iveśaḥ — like the lord
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.