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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.8
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 that night, Daśaratha proceeds to the sacrificial enclosure (yajñavāṭa), with the ṛṣis in front → at the auspicious hour called Vijaya, Rāma approaches with his adorned brothers, Vasiṣṭha and the other maharṣis leading; his auspicious wedding preliminaries (kautukamaṅgala) have already been performed
1.72.8
ṛṣīṃs tadā puraskṛtya yajñavāṭam upāgamat
yukte muhūrte vijaye sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rāmaḥ kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ
placing the seers before him, he went to the sacrificial enclosure. At the auspicious hour called Vijaya, Rāma, on whom the auspicious wedding-cord had been bound, together with his brothers adorned with every ornament,
Words: ṛṣīṃs — the seers; tadā — then; puraskṛtya — placing in front, at the head; yajñavāṭam — the sacrificial enclosure; upāgamat — approached, went to; yukte — at the proper (joined); muhūrte — hour, moment; vijaye — (called) Vijaya (‘Victory’); sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ — adorned with every ornament; bhrātṛbhiḥ — with (his) brothers; sahito — together with; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ — on whom the auspicious wedding-cord had been bound
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.