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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.24
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: puṣpavṛṣṭi falls from the sky, divya-dundubhis and instruments sound, apsarases dance and gandharvas sing
1.72.24
puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd antarikṣāt subhāsvarā
divyadundubhinirghoṣair gītavāditranisvanaiḥ
A great and radiant shower of flowers fell from the sky, amid the sounds of divine kettledrums and the strains of song and instruments.
Words: puṣpavṛṣṭir — a shower of flowers; mahaty — great; āsīd — there was; antarikṣāt — from the sky; subhāsvarā — very radiant; divyadundubhinirghoṣair — with the sounds of divine kettledrums; gītavāditranisvanaiḥ — with the strains of song and instruments
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.