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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.24

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 requests godāna and pitṛkarman (ancestral rites) → with the moon currently in Maghā, he appoints the wedding for the third day, under Uttara Phalgunī.

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maghā hy adya mahābāho tṛtīye divase prabho
phalgunyām uttare rājaṃs tasmin vaivāhikaṃ kuru
rāmalakṣmaṇayor arthe dānaṃ kāryaṃ sukhodayam

For today, O mighty-armed lord, is (the lunar mansion) Maghā; on the third day, O king, under the latter Phalgunī, perform the wedding on that (day); the giving (of the brides) for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa should be done, ushering in happiness.

Words: maghā — (the lunar mansion) Maghā; hy — for, indeed; adya — today; mahābāho — O mighty-armed; tṛtīye — on the third; divase — day; prabho — O lord; phalgunyām — under (the mansion) Phalgunī; uttare — the latter, northern; rājaṃs — O king; tasmin — on that (day); vaivāhikaṃ — the wedding (rite); kuru — perform, do; rāmalakṣmaṇayor — of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; arthe — for the sake; dānaṃ — the giving (of the brides); kāryaṃ — should be done; sukhodayam — ushering in happiness

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.