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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.6

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: he proposes that Kuśadhvaja's two daughters marry Bharata and Śatrughna, binding the families still more closely

1.71.6

bharatasya kumārasya śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ
varayema sute rājaṃs tayor arthe mahātmanoḥ

For the prince Bharata and for the wise Śatrughna, O king, we would ask the two daughters, for the sake of those two great-souled ones.

Words: bharatasya — of Bharata; kumārasya — of the prince; śatrughnasya — of Śatrughna; ca — and; dhīmataḥ — of the wise; varayema — we would ask for, choose; sute — the two daughters; rājaṃs — O king; tayor — of those two; arthe — for the sake; mahātmanoḥ — of the two great-souled ones

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.