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¢æOsçO¢ttm:   sgI:      Canto   73
s£ta¢d¢vvah:      Marriage  of   Sita   and   others
kak¤t¯ÞTWà   g¦h£tEx¤   l¢ltEx¤   c   pa¢Nx¤ .
p¤Ýpv¦¢¾mIhÏyas£dÓt¢rXaÏs¤BaÞvra            ¡
¢dÛyÑ¤ÓÑ¤¢B¢nGaEIxWg£Itva¢dæO¢n:ÞvnW:            ¡ 41¡

kak¤t¯ÞTW:

by the scions of the Kakutstha race

and

g¦h£tEx¤

when clasped

l¢ltEx¤

the tender

and

pa¢Nx¤

the hands (of the brides)

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾:

the rain of flowers

mht£

thick

Aas£t¯

there occured

AÓt¢rXat¯

from the skies

s¤BaÞvra

extremely dazzling

¢dÛyÑ¤ÓÑ¤¢B¢nGaEIxW:

the sounds of the divine drums

g£tva¢dæO¢n:ÞvnW:

the strains of vocal and instrumental music

No   sooner   had   these   (four)   scions   of   the   Kakutstha   clan
held   the   tender   hands   (of   the   four   brides),   than   arose   from
the   skies   the   strains   of   music,   sounds   of   musical
instruments,   the   beating   of   the   celestial   drums   and   an
extremely   brilliant   and   thick   showr   of   flowers   (41).

nn¦t¤àaÔsr:sH¯Ga   gÓDvaIà   jg¤:   klm¯ .
¢vvahE   rG¤m¤Áyana|   tdët¢mvaBvt¯          ¡ 42¡

nn¦t¤:

danced

and

AÔsr:sH¯Ga:

groups of celestial damsels

gÓDvaI:

the Gandharvas

and

jg¤:

sang

klm¯

melodiously

¢vvahE

at the wedding

rG¤m¤Áyana|

of he beast among the raghu race

tt¯

that

Aët|

wonder

as if

ABvt¯

occured

The   groups   of   celestial   nymphs   danced   and   the   Gandharvas   sang
melodiously,   bringing   about   those   wonderful   happenings,
at   the   marriage   of   the   best   among   the   Raghu   race   (42).

iIèSE   vtImanE   t¤   t¥yaEIì¤¾¢nna¢dtE        .
¢æOr¢g"|   tE   p¢r@Øy   Uh^BaIyaI   mhaWjs: ¡ 43¡

iIèSE

when things were

vtImanE

thus

t¤

indeed

t¥yaEIì¤¾¢nna¢dtE

with sounds of auspicious music and dance were on

¢æO:

three times

A¢g"|

the fire

they

p¢r@Øy

circumambulated

Uh^:

took hold of

BayaI:

their consorts

mhaWjs:

those of great radiance

At   that   time,   when   these   dances,   music   and   drum   beats
were   on,   those   of   great   radiance   circumambulated   the   holy
fire   thrice   and   wed   those   brides   (43).

ATaEpkayaI|   jÂm¤ÞtE   sdara   rG¤nÓdna:        .
Þva¢n   yana¢n   caraEÔy   ta|   p¤r£|   p#yy¤Þtda ¡ 44¡

then

upkayaI|

having completed the rituals

jÂm¤:

left

they

sdara:

with their consorts

rG¤nÓdna:

the delights of the Raghu race

Þva¢n

their own

yana¢n

vehicles

and

AaraEÔy

boarding

ta|

that

p¤r£|

city

p#yy¤:

left

tda

then

Then   they   set   out   to   complete   the   supplementary   rituals   to   the
marriage.   At   that   time,   those   delights   of   the   Raghu   race,   along
with   their   consorts,   boarding   their   own   chariots,   left   (for   their
city)   (44).
p#£ymaNaE   dSrT:   p¤æOan¯   p¤æOvta|   vr:   .
rajaÔyn¤yyaW   pÜyÓs¢xIsHG:   sbaÓDv: ¡ 45¡

p#£ymaN:

with a heart bubbling with joy

dSrT:

Dasaratha

p¤æOan¯

sons

p¤æOvta|

of those who have sons

vr:

the best

raja

king

A¢p

also

An¤yyaW

accompanied

pÜyn¯

seeing

s¢xIsHG:

along with the groups of sages

sbaÓDv:

in the company of his relatives

King   Dasaratha,   the   best   among   those   who   had   begotten
children,   looking   at   the   sons,   accompanied   them,   in   the
company   of   groups   of   sages     and   his   own   relatives   in   a
happy   frame   of   mind   (45).

iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ¢æOsçO¢ttm:   sgI:¡73¡

Thus   ends   Canto   73   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of   the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki

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