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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.6

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

1.72.6

tvarayābhupayāto 'haṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ svasuḥ sutam
atha rājā daśarathaḥ priyātithim upasthima

I came in haste, eager to see my sister's son.” Then King Daśaratha, (beholding) his dear guest present before him,

Words: tvarayābhupayāto — approached in haste; 'haṃ — I; draṣṭukāmaḥ — desirous of seeing; svasuḥ — of (my) sister; sutam — son; atha — then; rājā — the king; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; priyātithim — the dear guest; upasthima — present, who had arrived

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.