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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.2
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: On the day of godāna, Yudhājit, the Kekaya King's son and Bharata's maternal uncle, arrives
1.72.2
putraḥ kekayarājasya sākṣād bharatamātulaḥ
dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ rājānam idam abravīt
The son of the Kekaya king, being in person Bharata's maternal uncle, having seen the king and asked after his welfare, said this:
Words: putraḥ — the son; kekayarājasya — of the Kekaya king; sākṣād — in person, directly; bharatamātulaḥ — Bharata's maternal uncle; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; pṛṣṭvā — having asked; ca — and; kuśalaṃ — welfare, well-being; rājānam — the king; idam — this; abravīt — said
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.