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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.18
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: he offers Ūrmilā to Lakṣmaṇa, Māṇḍavī to Bharata, and Śrutakīrti to Śatrughna
1.72.18
lakṣmaṇāgaccha bhadraṃ te ūrmilām udyatāṃ mayā
pratīccha pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ
“Lakṣmaṇa, come — blessings on you — accept Ūrmilā, offered by me; take her hand, let there be no passing of the (auspicious) time.”
Words: lakṣmaṇāgaccha — Lakṣmaṇa, come; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; ūrmilām — Ūrmilā; udyatāṃ — offered, held forth; mayā — by me; pratīccha — accept, receive; pāṇiṃ — the hand; gṛhṇīṣva — take, grasp; mā bhūt — let there not be; kālasya — of the (auspicious) time; paryayaḥ — passing, lapse
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.