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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 72: Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire. The four princes take their brides’ hands under Vasiṣṭha’s direction, circle the fire and depart together for the guest quarters as puṣpavṛṣṭi falls, divya-dundubhis sound, apsarases dance and gandharvas sing

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha announces that the groom's party is ready and awaits the giver of the brides

1.72.10

rājā raśaratho rājan kṛtakautukamaṅgalaiḥ
putrair naravaraśreṣṭha dātāram abhikāṅkṣate

“King Daśaratha, O king, together with his sons, on whom the auspicious wedding-cords have been bound, awaits the giver of the brides, O best of the foremost of men.”

Words: rājā — king; raśaratho — Daśaratha; rājan — O king; kṛtakautukamaṅgalaiḥ — on whom the auspicious wedding-cords had been bound; putrair — with his sons; naravaraśreṣṭha — O best of the foremost of men; dātāram — the giver (of the brides); abhikāṅkṣate — awaits, longs for

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.