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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.76.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life. Rāma gives the bow to Varuṇa and comforts Daśaratha, Ayodhyā welcomes the couples and Rāma & Sītā grow in mutual affection

In the sequence: the brides worship at the temples and salute their elders before retiring happily with their husbands. Married, trained in weapons, and surrounded by friends and prosperity, the princes continue serving their father

1.76.10

maṅgalālāpanaiś caiva śobhitāḥ kṣaumavāsasaḥ
devatāyatanāny āśu sarvās tāḥ pratyapūjayan

Resplendent in linen garments, amid auspicious utterances, all those (brides) at once paid worship at the temples of the gods.

Words: maṅgalālāpanaiś — with auspicious utterances; caiva — and; śobhitāḥ — adorned, resplendent; kṣaumavāsasaḥ — clad in linen garments; devatāyatanāny — the temples of the gods; āśu — at once, quickly; sarvās — all; tāḥ — those (women); pratyapūjayan — worshipped, paid homage

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.