Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Lakṣmaṇa’s Description of Winter
Text 3.16.22
एते हि समुपासीना विहगा जलचारिणः।
न विगाहन्ति सलिलमप्रगल्भा इवाहवम्॥
ete hi samupāsīnā vihagā jalacāriṇaḥ
na vigāhanti salilam apragalbhā ivāhavam
ete hi = here are; samupāsīnāḥ = who live nearby; vihagāḥ = the birds; jalacāriṇaḥ = [though] they [usually] sport in the water; na vigāhanti = they don’t enter; salilam = it; apragalbhāḥ = timid men; iva = like; āhavam = [don’t enter] a war.
Here are the birds who live nearby. [Though] they [usually] sport in the water, they don’t enter it, like timid men [don’t enter] a war.