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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.7
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.
3.15.7
prājyakāmā janapadāḥ saṃpannataragorasāḥ
vicaranti mahīpālā yātrārthaṃ vijigīṣavaḥ
The country districts are rich in their desires, abounding in fine milk-products; and the kings, eager for conquest, march out on campaign.
Words: prājyakāmā — abundant in their desires; janapadāḥ — the country districts, peoples; saṃpannataragorasāḥ — abounding in richer milk-products; vicaranti — move about, roam; mahīpālā — the kings (earth-protectors); yātrārthaṃ — for the sake of a (military) expedition; vijigīṣavaḥ — desirous of conquest
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.