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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna. Two additional matches unite all four brothers with brides, Janaka affirms shared ownership and the munis’ authority, Daśaratha performs śrāddha and godāna

In the sequence: returning to his lodging with the munis, he performs the śrāddha and, at dawn, godāna (the pre-marital rite accompanied by gifts of cows)

1.71.19

tam āpṛṣṭvā narapatiṃ rājā daśarathas tadā
munīndrau tau puraskṛtya jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ

Taking leave of that king, the greatly renowned King Daśaratha then, placing those two chief sages before him, went off at once.

Words: tam — him; āpṛṣṭvā — having taken leave of; narapatiṃ — the king; rājā — king; daśarathas — Daśaratha; tadā — then; munīndrau — the two chief sages; tau — those two; puraskṛtya — having placed in front, at their head; jagāmāśu — went at once; mahāyaśāḥ — greatly renowned

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.