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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.3

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: Viśvāmitra, with Vasiṣṭha, praises the fitness of the two dynasties' alliance

1.71.3

sadṛśo dharmasaṃbandhaḥ sadṛśo rūpasaṃpadā
rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājan sītā cormilayā saha

Fitting is this union in dharma, fitting in wealth of beauty, O king — of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with Sītā and Ūrmilā.

Words: sadṛśo — fitting, matching; dharmasaṃbandhaḥ — union in dharma; sadṛśo — fitting, matching; rūpasaṃpadā — in wealth of beauty; rāmalakṣmaṇayo — of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; rājan — O king; sītā — Sītā; cormilayā — and with Ūrmilā; saha — with

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.