Chapter 16 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 16.23

तुषारपतनाच्चैव मृदुत्वाद् भास्करस्य च। शैत्यादगाग्रस्थमपि प्रायेण रसवज्जलम्॥

tuṣārapatanāccaiva mṛdutvād bhāskarasya ca| śaityādagāgrasthamapi prāyeṇa rasavajjalam||

English Meaning

What on account of the snow-fall, what of the mildness of the sun, and what through the cold, water even when it is on a mountain top, tastes sweet.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)