Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.2

स कदाचित् प्रभातायां शर्वर्यां रघुनन्दनः। प्रययावभिषेकार्थं रम्यां गोदावरी नदीम्॥

sa kadācit prabhātāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ raghunandanaḥ| prayayāvabhiṣekārthaṃ ramyāṃ godāvarī nadīm||

English Meaning

And it came to pass that once on a time, when the night had passed away and day broke, that son of Raghu went to the romantic river Godāvarī for performing his bath.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)