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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.20

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

1.72.20

śatrughnaṃ cāpi dharmātmā abravīj janakeśvaraḥ
śrutakīrtyā mahābāho pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva pāṇinā

And to Śatrughna too the righteous lord Janaka spoke: “O mighty-armed one, take the hand of Śrutakīrti with your hand.”

Words: śatrughnaṃ — Śatrughna; cāpi — and also; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; abravīj — spoke; janakeśvaraḥ — the lord Janaka; śrutakīrtyā — (the hand) of Śrutakīrti; mahābāho — O mighty-armed; pāṇiṃ — the hand; gṛhṇīṣva — take, grasp; pāṇinā — with (your) hand

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.