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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.4

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: he explains that he went to Ayodhyā to see Bharata, learned of the journey, and hurried to Mithilā → Daśaratha warmly receives him

1.72.4

svasrīyaṃ mama rājendra draṣṭukāmo mahīpate
tadartham upayāto 'ham ayodhyāṃ raghunandana

Desiring to see my sister's son, O lord of kings, O ruler of the earth, for that purpose I have come to Ayodhyā, O delight of the Raghus.

Words: svasrīyaṃ — sister's son; mama — my; rājendra — O lord of kings; draṣṭukāmo — desirous of seeing; mahīpate — O ruler of the earth; tadartham — for that purpose; upayāto — have come, arrived; 'ham — I; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

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.