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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.6
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home. Janaka gives bridal wealth and the company leaves Mithilā, mixed omens and a dust-darkened sky precede Paraśurāma’s armed appearance
In the sequence: Janaka gives abundant bridal wealth: cows, woollen blankets, linen, elephants, horses, chariots, attendants, gold, pearls, and coral → the Kings part, and Daśaratha sets out with his sons, the ṛṣis, and the army
1.73.6
dadau paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ kanyādhanam anuttamam
dattvā bahudhanaṃ rājā samanujñāpya pārthivam
Greatly delighted, he gave incomparable bridal wealth; and having given this abundant wealth, the king (of Mithilā) took leave of the (other) king,
Words: dadau — gave; paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ — greatly delighted; kanyādhanam — bridal wealth; anuttamam — incomparable; dattvā — having given; bahudhanaṃ — abundant wealth; rājā — the king; samanujñāpya — having taken leave of, dismissed with consent; pārthivam — the (other) king
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.