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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.72.9

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

1.72.9

vasiṣṭhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā maharṣīn aparān api
maharṣīn aparān api

placing Vasiṣṭha and the other great seers in front (came forth).

Words: vasiṣṭhaṃ — Vasiṣṭha; purataḥ — in front; kṛtvā — having placed, made; maharṣīn — the great seers; aparān — other; api — also

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.