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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.27

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.

1.72.27

athopakāryāṃ jagmus te sadārā raghunandanaḥ
rājāpy anuyayau paśyan sarṣisaṃghaḥ sabāndhavaḥ

Then those delights of the Raghus went to the guest-lodging with their wives; and the king too, looking on, followed after, together with the hosts of seers and his kinsmen.

Words: athopakāryāṃ — then to the guest-lodging; jagmus — went; te — they; sadārā — with their wives; raghunandanaḥ — the delights of the Raghus; rājāpy — the king too; anuyayau — followed after; paśyan — looking on; sarṣisaṃghaḥ — with the hosts of seers; sabāndhavaḥ — with his kinsmen

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.