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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.26

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: after three circuits of the fire, the princes lead their brides to the guest quarters → Daśaratha follows with the ṛṣis and relatives.

1.72.26

īdṛśe vartamāne tu tūryodghuṣṭaninādite
trir agniṃ te parikramya ūhur bhāryā mahaujasaḥ

While such (celebration) was going on, resounding with the blare of trumpets, those mighty ones, circling the fire thrice, led away their brides.

Words: īdṛśe — such (loc.); vartamāne — (while it was) going on (loc. abs.); tu — and; tūryodghuṣṭaninādite — resounding with the blare of trumpets; trir — thrice; agniṃ — the fire; te — they; parikramya — having circled; ūhur — led (them) away (as wives); bhāryā — the brides; mahaujasaḥ — the mighty ones

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.