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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.21

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: following Vasiṣṭha's directions, the four princes take the four brides' hands

1.72.21

sarve bhavantaḥ saṃyāś ca sarve sucaritavratāḥ
patnībhiḥ santu kākutsthā mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ

“May you all, gentle and all of virtuous vows, be united with your wives, O Kākutsthas; let there be no passing of the (auspicious) time.”

Words: sarve — all; bhavantaḥ — you (honorific); saṃyāś — gentle, self-controlled; ca — and; sarve — all; sucaritavratāḥ — of good conduct and vows; patnībhiḥ — with (your) wives; santu — let (them) be; kākutsthā — O Kākutsthas (scions of Kakutstha); 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.