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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.7
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
1.72.7
dṛṣṭvā paramasatkāraiḥ pūjārhaṃ samapūjayat
tatas tām uṣito rātriṃ saha putrair mahātmabhiḥ
seeing him worthy of honour, paid him homage with the highest courtesies. Then, having spent that night together with his great-souled sons,
Words: dṛṣṭvā — having seen; paramasatkāraiḥ — with the highest courtesies; pūjārhaṃ — (him) worthy of honour; samapūjayat — paid homage, honoured; tatas — then; tām — that; uṣito — having spent, stayed through; rātriṃ — night; saha — together with; putrair — his sons; mahātmabhiḥ — great-souled
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.