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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date. Janaka recounts the Videha lineage and Kuśadhvaja’s accession, offers Sītā & Ūrmilā and appoints the wedding day and preparatory rites

In the sequence: he now formally offers Sītā to Rāma and Ūrmilā to Lakṣmaṇa, repeating his commitment

1.70.22

dvitīyām ūrmilāṃ caiva trir vadāmi na saṃśayaḥ
dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te raghunandana

And Ūrmilā as the second — I say it thrice, there is no doubt; most gladly I give you two brides, O delight of the Raghus.

Words: dvitīyām — the second; ūrmilāṃ — Ūrmilā; caiva — and indeed; trir — thrice; vadāmi — I say, declare; na — not; saṃśayaḥ — doubt; dadāmi — I give; paramaprīto — most gladly, greatly pleased; vadhvau — two brides; te — to you; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

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.