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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.7

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

1.71.7

putrā daśarathasyeme rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ
lokapālopamāḥ sarve devatulyaparākramāḥ

These sons of Daśaratha, endowed with beauty and youth, are all like the guardians of the worlds, their prowess equal to the gods'.

Words: putrā — sons; daśarathasyeme — these of Daśaratha; rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ — endowed with beauty and youth; lokapālopamāḥ — like the guardians of the worlds; sarve — all; devatulyaparākramāḥ — of prowess equal to the gods'

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.