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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.25

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

1.72.25

nanṛtuś cāpsaraḥsaṃghā gandharvāś ca jaguḥ kalam
vivāhe raghumukhyānāṃ tad adbhutam ivābhavat

The hosts of apsarases danced and the gandharvas sang sweetly at the wedding of the foremost Raghus; it was as if a marvel had come to pass.

Words: nanṛtuś — danced; cāpsaraḥsaṃghā — and the hosts of apsarases; gandharvāś — the gandharvas; ca — and; jaguḥ — sang; kalam — sweetly, melodiously; vivāhe — at the wedding; raghumukhyānāṃ — of the foremost Raghus; tad — that; adbhutam — a marvel, wonder; ivābhavat — was as it were, seemed to be

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.