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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.19

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

1.72.19

tam evam uktvā janako bharataṃ cābhyabhāṣata
gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ māṇḍavyāḥ pāṇinā raghunandana

Having spoken thus to him, Janaka then addressed Bharata: “Take the hand of Māṇḍavī with your hand, O delight of the Raghus.”

Words: tam — him; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; janako — Janaka; bharataṃ — Bharata; cābhyabhāṣata — and addressed; gṛhāṇa — take, grasp; pāṇiṃ — the hand; māṇḍavyāḥ — of Māṇḍavī; pāṇinā — with (your) hand; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

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.