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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.6

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: he describes āgrayaṇa (new-harvest offerings) to the pitṛs and devatās, plentiful dairy produce in the countryside, and Kings setting out on campaigns.

3.15.6

navāgrayaṇa pūjābhir abhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ
kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santo vigatakalmaṣāḥ

Having worshipped the ancestral deities with offerings of the new first-fruits, the virtuous, at the proper time, having performed the first-fruits rite, are freed of sin.

Words: navāgrayaṇa — of the new first-fruits (harvest oblation); pūjābhir — with worship-offerings; abhyarcya — having worshipped; pitṛdevatāḥ — the ancestral deities; kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ — those who have made the first-fruits offering; kāle — at the (proper) time; santo — the virtuous, good people; vigatakalmaṣāḥ — freed of sin, with impurity gone

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.