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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.5

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

1.72.5

śrutvā tv ahaym ayodhyāyāṃ vivāhārthaṃ tāv ātmajān
mithilām upayātās tu tvayā saha mahīpate

But having heard at Ayodhyā that those two sons of yours, for the sake of the wedding, had gone to Mithilā together with you, O ruler of the earth,

Words: śrutvā — having heard; tv — but; aham — I; ayodhyāyāṃ — at Ayodhyā; vivāhārthaṃ — for the sake of the wedding; tāv — those two; ātmajān — sons; mithilām — to Mithilā; upayātās — gone, come; tu — and, indeed; tvayā saha — together with you; mahīpate — O ruler of the earth

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.