Dear Devotees of SrI SithApathi:

Dr.Venkat Kanumalla is a serious student of SrImad RaamAyaNam.
He sent for the SrI RanganAthA Temple Board a posting on
SrI Raama-SeethA KalyANam .

It is my pleasure to share this timely posting with you all .

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "venkat kanumalla" <kanumalla@...>
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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: [BOT] Conclusion to Sri rAma navami- Sri sIta-rAma Kalyanam:


> Dear Devoteres,
> During this Holy nine days, ( Navaratri celebrations) after Sri Rama
Navami,
> be blessed by reading the sIta-rAma kalyAnam, and receive the grace of
Lord
> Sri sIta-rAmachandra.
> Thank You,
> regards,
>
> Venkat Kanumalla.
> ================
> Pronounciation Tips:
> ===============
> n like n in nArAyaNa.
> N like N in nArAyaNa.
> t like th in south.
> T like t in tumbler.
> d like d in david.
> D like th in that.
> A like a in cat.
> s like s in see.
> S like S in Sata ( Sata meaning Hundred in sanskrit)
> ===================
> Sri sIta-rAma kalyAnam
> ===================
>
> vishvAmitrah sa rAmah tu shrutvA janaka bhAshitam |
> vatsa rAma dhanuh pashya iti rAghavamabravIt || 1-67-12
> The great sage Vishvamitra, on listening to Janaka along with Rama, told
> Rama, "oh, child Rama... you may see the bow..."
>
> bADham ityeva tam rAjA munisca samabhAshata |
> lIlayA sa dhanurmadhye jagrAha vacanAt muneh || 1-67-15
> Viswamitra and Janaka said to him "All Right!" , and Rama, by the word of
> the sage, snatched the bow, grasping it at the middle, playfully.
>
> pashyatAm nRi sahasrANAm bahUnAm raghunandanah |
> Aropayat sa dharmAtmA salIlamiva tat dhanuh || 1-67-16
> Many thousands of men are watching, Rama ( Raghu-nandana), the Dharmatma,
> stringed the bow, effortlessly.
> (From Kautilya's Artha Shaastra, Four aratnis (cubits) are one dhanu, a
> bow-length, where one aratni is about 18 inches, so a bow-length is about
6
> feet).
>
> AropayitvAmaurhvIm ca pUrayAmAsa vIryavAn |
> tadbabhanja dhanurmadhye narashreSTho mahAyashAh || 1-67-17
> Having stringed the bow, He that best among men, Rama, started to stretch
> the bowstring (up to his ear), and that glorious Rama broke that bow,
> medially.
>
> tasya shabdo mahAnAsIt nirhghAta sama nihsvanah |
> bhUmi kampah ca sumahAn parvatasya iva dIryatah || 1-67-18
> Then that explosive sound of that breakage, like the explosiveness of a
> falling thunderbolt, and the earth is trembling when a mountain is
> exploding.
>
> nipetuh ca narAh sarve tena shabdena mohitAh |
> varjayitvA muni varam rAjAnam tau ca rAghavau || 1-67-19
> Bewildered by that sound, all the people swooned, except for that eminent
> saint vishvAmitra, king Janaka, and those two Raghavas, Rama and
Lakshmana.
>
> janakAnAm kule kIrtim AhariSyati me sutA
> sItA bhartAram AsAdya rAmam dasharathAtmajam || 1-67-22
> "My daughter SIta, accepting Rama, the son of Dasharatha, as her husband,
> brings about celebrity to the lineage of Janakas.
>
> mama satyA pratijnA sA vIrya shulkA iti kaushika |
> sItA prANaiH bahumatA deyA rAmAya me sutaa || 1-67-23
> "Oh, Kaushika, my commitment that she is the bounty for bravery has come
> true... and my daughter SIta, who is congenial with my lives, is
presentable
> to Rama.
>
> bhavato anumate brahman SIghram gacChantu mantriNah |
> mama kaushika bhadram te ayodhyAm tvaritA rathaih || 1-67-24
> "Should you give consent, oh, Brahmana, my ministers will speedily go to
> Ayodhya in speedy chariots, oh, Kaushika, let all auspiciousness be to
you.
>
> KanyA-varanam:
>
> ( The lineage of Lord Sri rAmachandra:
>
> The First in this Lineage is Prajapati manu - his son IkshvAku - his son
> kukshi - his son vikukshi - his son bAna - his son anaraNya - his son
prithu
> - his son trishanku - his son dhundhumAra - his son yuvanAshva - his son
> mAndhAta - his son susandhi - his two sons are dhruvasandhi and
prasenajit -
> dhruvasandhi's son is bharata - his son is asita - his son is sagara - his
> son is asamanja - his son is anshumAn - his son is dilIpa - his son is
> bhagIratha - his son is kakutsa - his son is raghu - his son is pravrudha
(
> kalmAshapAda) - his son is shankana - his son is sudarSana - his son is
> agnivarNa - his son is shIghragA - his son is maru - his son is
prashushruka
> - his son is ambarIsha - his son is nahusha - his son is yayAti - his son
is
> nAbhAga - his son is aja - his son is dasaratha and dasaratha's sons are -
> Sri rAmachandra, bharata, lakshmana and SatruGhna.
>
> The lineage of Sri sItA Devi:
>
> The First in this Lineage is nimi - his son mithi - his son janaka - his
son
> udAvasu - his son nandivardhana - his son suketu - his son devarATa - his
> son brihdratha - his son mahAvIra - his son sudhruti - his son
dhrishtaketu
> - his son is haryuashva - his son is maru - his son is pratIndhaka - his
> son is kIrtiratha - his son is devamIdha - his son is vibudha - his son is
> mahIdraka - his son is kIrtirATa - his son is mahArOma - his son is
> swarnarOma - his son is hrasvarOma - and his two sons are - janaka and
> kusadhwaja - janaka's daughters are sIta and Urmila and kusadhwaja's
> daughters are mAndavi and SrutakIrti. )
>
> The lineage of Lord Sri rAmachandra:
>
> manuh prajApatih pUrvam ikshvAkuh ca manoh sutah |
> tam ikshvAkum ayodhyAyAm rAjAnam viddhi pUrvakam || 1-70-21
> "manu is the earliest prajaApati and ikshvAku is the son of Manu, and that
> ikshvAku is the first king of ayodhya.
>
> ikshvAkoh tu sutah shrImAn kukshih iti eva vishrutah |
> kuksheh atha Atmajah shrImAn vikukshih upapadyata || 1-70-22
> "ikshvaaku's son is the legendary Kukshi, and Kukshi's son is the famous
> vikukshi.
>
> vikuksheh tu mahAtejA bANah putrah pratApavAn |
> bANasya tu mahAtejA anaraNyah pratApavAn || 1-70-23
> "The brilliant Vikukshi's son is the courageous bAna, and bAna's son is
the
> highly courageous anaraNya.
>
> anaraNyAt pRithuh jajne trishankuh tu pRithoh sutah |
> trishankoh abhavat putro dhundhumArah mahAyashAh || 1-70-24
> " anaranya's son is prithu, and Pruthu's son is trishanku, and the famous
> dhundumAra is the son of trishanku.
>
> dhundhumArAt mahAtejA yuvanAshvo mahArathah |
> yuvanAshva sutah asIt mAndhAtA pRithivI patih || 1-70-25
> "The noble dhundumAra got a son yuvanAshva, and Mandhaata is the son of
> yuvanAshva.
>
> mAndhAtuh tu sutah shrImAn susandhih udapadyata |
> susandheh api putrau dvau dhruvasandhih prasenajit || 1-70-26
> " mAndhAta got the noble susandhi as son, and susandhi has two sons,
> dhruvasandhi and prasenajit.
>
> yashasvii dhruvasandheh tu bharato nAma nAmatah |
> bharatAt tu mahAtejaa asito nAma jAyata || 1-70-27
> "dhruvasandhi got a son named bharata, and that great bharata got a son
> asita.
>
> saha tena gareNa eva samjAtah sagaroi abhavat || 1-70-37
> " asita got a son Sagara, the emperor.
>
> sagarasya asya asamanjah tu asamanjAt atha amshumAn |
> dilIpo amshumatah putro dilIpasya bhagIrathah || 1-70-38
> "sagara's son is asamanja, his son is amshumAn, amshumAn's son is
diliIpa,
> and dilIipa's son is bhagIratha.
>
> bhagiirathAt kakutsthah ca kakutsthasya raghuh tathA |
> raghoh tu putrah tejasvii pravRiddhah puruSAdakah || 1-70-39
> "bhagIratha's son kakutstha, kakutstha's son raghu, and raghu's son
> pravriddha who became human flesh eater.
>
> kalmaashapAdo hi abhavat tasmAt jAtah tu shankhaNah |
> sudarshanah shankhaNasya agnivarNah sudarshanAt || 1-70-40
> "pravriddha became tarnish-footed one, and pravriddha got a son shankana,
> shankana's son is sudarshana, and sudarshana's son is agnivarNa.
> shIghragah tu agnivarNasya shIghragasya maruh sutah |
> maroh prashushrukah tu AsIt ambarIshah prashushrukAt || 1-70-41
> "agnivarNa's son is shIgraga, shIghraga's son is maru, maru's son is
> prashushruka, and prashushruka's son is the great ambarIsha.
> ambarIshasya putro abhUt nahushasca mahIpatih |
> nahushasya yayAtih tu nAbhAgah tu yayAti jah || 1-70-42
> "ambariisha's son is nahusha, yayAti is the son of nahusha, and nAbhAga is
> yayaati's son.
>
> nAbhAgasya bhabhUvAja ajAt dasharatho abhavat |
> asmAt dasharathAt jAtau bhrAtarau rAma lakshmaNau || 1-70-43
> "aja is nAbhAga's son and aja's son is this Dasharatha, and his sons are
> these brothers, rAma and Lakshmana.
>
> Adi vamsha vishuddhAnAm rAjnAm parama dharmiNAm |
> ikshvAku kula jAtAnAm vIrANAm satya vAdinAm || 1-70-44
> rAma lakshmaNayoH arthe tvat sute varaye nRipa |
> sadRishAbhyAm narashreshTha sadRishe dAtum arhasi || 1-70-45
> "Oh janaka, from the beginning this lineage is spotless, immaculate, and
> these are immensely impeccable, indomitable, and irreproachable ones, and
in
> respect of them, those belong to the kings born in the lineage of
IkshvAkus,
> I request that it will be great of you to espouse your daughters to rAma
and
> Lakshmana." said Vashishta to Janaka
>
>
> The lineage of Sri sIta Devi:
>
> evam bruvANam janakah pratyuvAca kRitAnjalih |
> shrotum arhasi bhadram te kulam nah parikIrtitam || 1-71-1
> janaka reverentially said, "oh sage, let auspiciosness be to you all, it
> will be apt of you all to listen to our distinguished lineage.
>
> pradAne hi muni shreshTha kulam niravasheSatah |
> vaktavyam kula jAtena tan nibodha mahAmune || 1-71-2
> "Oh, eminent sage, while offering a bride one who is born in a particular
> noble family, has to inform about his parentage, in its entirety, let all
be
> informed of it.
>
> rAjA abhUt trishu lokeshu vishrutah svena karmaNA |
> nimih parama dharmAtmA sarva sattvavatAm varah || 1-71-3
> "Once there was an emperor nimi, who was renowned in the three worlds by
his
> own accomplishments, and who was a dharmAtma and best among all stalwart
> emperors.
>
> tasya putro mithih nAma janako mithi putrakah |
> prathamo janako nAma janakAt api udAvasuh || 1-71-4
> "And nimi's son is mithi, and janaka is mithi's son, the first one to be
> designated as janaka and janaka's son is udAvasu.
> udAvasoh tu dharmAtmA jAto vai nandivardhanah |
> nandivardhana putrah tu suketuH nAma nAmatah || 1-71-5
> "udAvasu it is nandivardhana, and nandivardhana's son is suketu.
>
> suketoH api dharmaatmaa devaraato mahaabalaH |
> devaraatasya raajarSeH bR^ihadratha iti smR^iutaH || 1-71-6
> "From suketu devarAta is born, and from that kingly sage devarAta's son is
> brihadratha.
>
> bRihadrathasya shUro abhUt mahAvIrah pratApavAn |
> mahAvIrasya dhRitimAn sudhRitih satya vikramah || 1-71-7
> "The courageous mahAvIra is the son of brihadratha, and the bold and
> sudhriti is the son osf mahAvIra.
>
> sudhRiteh api dharmAtmA dhRishTaketuh sudhArmikah |
> dhRishTaketoh ca rAjarsheh haryashva iti vishrutah || 1-71-8
> "Form sudhriti dhristaketu is born, and dhristaketu's son is the famous
> haryashva.
>
> haryashvasya maruh putro maroh putrah pratIndhakah |
> pratIndhakasya dharmAtmA rAjA kIrtirathah sutah || 1-71-9
> "haryashva's son is maru, and maru's son is pratIndhaka, and pratIndhaka's
> son is king kIrtiratha.
>
> putrah kIrtirathasya api devamIDha iti smRitah |
> devamIDhasya vibudho vibudhasya mahIdhrakah || 1-71-10
> "The son of kIrtiratha is devamIdha, and the son of devamIdha is vibudha,
> and vibudha's son is mahIdraka.
>
> mahIdhraka suto rAjA kIrtirAto mahAbalah |
> kIrtirAtasya rAjaRiSeH mahAromA vyajAyata || 1-71-11
> "mahIdraka's son is the great king kIrtirAta, and kIrtirAta's son is
> mahAroma.
>
> mahAromNah tu dharmAtmA svarNaromA vyajAyata |
> svarNaromNah tu rAjarsheh hrasvaromA vyajAyata || 1-71-12
> "mahAroma's son is swarnaroma and swarnaroma's son is hrasvaroma.
>
> tasya putra dvayam jajne dharmajnasya mahAtmanah |
> jyeshTho aham anujo bhrAtA mama vIrah kushadhvaja || 1-71-13
> "hrasvaroma got two sons, I am ( janaka) the elder, and the younger one is
> my brother, kushadhvaja.
>
> nihatya tam munishreshTha sudhanvAnam narAdhipam |
> sAmkAshye bhrAtaram shUram abhyashincam kushadhvajam || 1-71-19
> "Oh great sage vashishta, on eliminating sudhanva, I have anointed my
> valiant brother kushadhvaja in the kingdom of sAmkAsha.
>
> kanIyAn esha me bhrAtA aham jyeshTho mahAmune |
> dadAmi parama prIto vadhvau te munipungava || 1-71-20
> sItAm rAmAya bhadram te UrmilAm lakshmaNAya vai |
> "Oh best sage, this is that younger brother of mine, and I am the elder,
> very happily I am bestowing these brides... sIta for rAma, and Urmila for
> lakshmana.
>
> vIrya shulAm mama sutaam sItAm sura sutOpamAm || 1-71-21
> dvitIyAm UrmilAm caiva trih vadAmi na samshayah |
> dadAmi parama prIto vadhvau te munipungava || 1-71-22
> "My daughter sIta is the bounty for bravery and she is as great as the
> daughter of the divine, and very happily I give the second one Urmila too,
> undoubtedly, I reiterate thrice.
>
> rAma lakshmaNayo rAjan goDAnam kArayasvaha |
> pitRi kAryam ca bhadram te tato vaivAhikam kuru || 1-71-23
> "King Dasharatha, let the prior ritual of samAvartna be done and let
pitrus
> be propitiated by the ritual, naandi shraadha, and afterwards make the
> wedding celebrations.
>
> maghA hi adya mahAbAho tRitIye divase prabho |
> phalgunyAm uttare rAjan tasmin vaivAhikam kuru |
> rAma lakshmaNayorarthe dAnam kAryam sukhodayam || 1-71-24
> "Oh, great daSaratha, today's star is magha and on the third day from now,
> in the star uttara phalugNi, you may have this wedding, and the bounties
> like cows, lands, grains, gold etc., that ensue the wellbeing of rAma and
> Lakshmana, may be distributed generously.
>
> tam uktavantam vaideham viswAmitro mahAmunih |
> uvAca vacanam vIram vasishTha sahito nRipam || 1-72-1
> Then the great sage vishvAmitra together with vashishta said these words
to
> janaka, the valiant king of videha, who has just said about his lineage.
>
> acintyAni aprameyANi kulAni narapungava |
> ikshvAkuuNAm videhanam naishAm tulyOsti kashcana || 1-72-2
> "The Ikshvakus and Videhas are unimaginably admirable and immeasurably
> distinguished dynasties, oh, Janaka, and not a single dynasty is there
> comparable to these.
>
> sadRisho dharma sambandhah sadRisho rUpa sampadA |
> rAma lakshmaNayo rAjan sItA ca UrmilayA saha || 1-72-3
> "Oh, king Janaka, these espousals of sIta and Urmila, with rAma and
> lakshmana is appropriate to each other's dynastical prestige and even it
is
> behoveful to the winsome charms of the brides and bridegrooms.
>
> vaktavyam ca nara shreshTha shrUyatAm vacanam mama |
> bhrAtA yavIyAn dharmajna eSa rAjA kushadhvajah || 1-72-4
> " my words of advise words be heard... this king Kushadhvaja is your
younger
> brother and he is at home in probity.
>
> asya dharmAtmano rAjan rUpeNa apratimam bhuvi |
> sutA dvayam narashreSTha patnyartham varayAmahe || 1-72-5
> "Oh, king, the two daughters of kushadhvaja have no equals in their looks
in
> this world and we choose to pair them with Bharata and Shatrughna.
>
> bharatasya kumArasya shatrughnasya ca dhImatah |
> varayema sute rAjan tayorarthe mahAtmanoh || 1-72-6
> "Oh, king, for the sake of those honourable ones, that young man Bharata
and
> even for that smart man Shatrughna, we opt your daughters.
>
> putrA dasharathasya ime rUpa yauvana shAlinah |
> loka pAla samAh sarve deva tulya parAkramAh || 1-72-7
> "All the four sons of Dasharatha have handsomeness and youthfulness, and
> they are equal to the rulers of the world and their valour vies with the
> valour of Vishnu.
>
> ubhayorapi rajendra sambandhena anubadhyatAm |
> ikshvaaku kulam avyagram bhavatah puNya karmaNah || 1-72-8
> "The impeccable dynasty of Ikshvakus and yours as well, let both the
> dynasties be interlocked by these wedlocks".
>
> vishvAmitra vacah shrutvA vasishThasya mate tadA |
> janakah praAnjalih vAkyam uvAca munipungavau || 1-72-9
> On hearing the words of Vishvamitra, that have the concurrence of
Vashishta,
> Janaka reverently said this to the eminent-saints.
>
> kulam dhanyamidam manye yeshAm tau munipungavau |
> sadRisham kula sambandham yat AjnApayathah svayam || 1-72-10
> "What eminent saints like you said it is fair, that this dynastical
alliance
> is apropriate for us, I feel my dynasty is highly honoured.
>
> evam bhavatu bhadram vah kushadhvaja sute ime |
> patnyau bhajetAm sahitau shatrughna bharatau ubhau || 1-72-11
> "So be it! Happiness be to all! Let Kushdhvaja's daughters, namely
mAndavi,
> shrutakIrti, devout themselves as wives of each of the brothers Bharata
and
> Shatrughna.
>
> ekAhnA rAja putrINAm catasRINAm mahAmune |
> paaNIn gRihNantu catvAro raja putrA mahAbalAh || 1-72-12
> "Oh, great saint Vishvamitra, let the hands of four princesses be taken
in
> the hands of the four princes, in one day.
>
> uttare divase brahman phalgunIbhyAm manIshiNah |
> vaivAhikam prashamsanti bhago yatra prajApatih || 1-72-13
> "Oh, Brahman, the great acclaim that part of the day when both of the
> pUrvaphalguni and uttaraphalguni stars are available, and on such a time
> where uttaraphalguni is ruling, for which bhaga, the deity for progeny
will
> be presiding, as best for wedding ceremonies.
>
> sa gatvA nilayam rAjA shrAddham kRitvA vidhAnatah |
> prabhAte kAlyam utthAya cakre go dAnamuttamam || 1-72-21
> Dasharatha on going to his visitatorial-palace, has procedurally
undertaken
> the tributary rituals, and on getting up in the next morning, he carried
out
> the initiatory rituals of marriages, in a grand way.
>
> gavAm shata sahasram ca brAhmaNebhyo narAdhipah |
> eka ekasho dadau rAjA putrAn uddhishya dharmatah || 1-72-22
> Dasharatha donated hundred thousand cows to Brahmans, intended for each of
> his four sons.
>
> suvarNa shRingaya sampannAh sa vatsAh kAmsya dohanAh |
> gavAm shata sahasrANi catvAri purusha RiSabhah || 1-72-23
> vittam anyat ca su bahu dvijebhyo raghu nandana |
> dadau go dAnam uddishya putrANAm putra vatsalah || 1-72-24
> Dasharatha, who is affectionate towards his sons, in that cow donation
> ceremony intended for his sons, donated on behalf of each of his sons,
four
> hundred thousand cows, that give abundant milk, and that have golden
casings
> on their horns, and that are with their calves, and along with milking
jugs
> made with bell metal, and he even donated very many other kinds of assets
to
> Brahmans.
>
> sa sutaih kRita gOdAnaih vRitah sah nRipatih tadA |
> loka pAlaih ivAbhAti vRitah saumyah prajApatih || 1-72-25
> On performing the cow donations and samAvartna, snAtaka, the initiatory
> ceremonies of his sons, as well, king Dasharatha, amidst the four of his
> sons, shone forth like serene Brahma, and who is the overlord of mankind,
> amidst the four presiding deities in the four quarters of the world.
>
> tatah tAm ushito rAtrim saha putraih mahAtmabhih || 1-73-7
> prabhAte punarutthAya kRitvA karmANi tattvavit |
> RishIn tadA puraskR^itya yaj~na vaaTam upaagamat || 1-73-8
> Then on taking rest for that night along with his noble-minded sons,
getting
> up in the next morning, and performing morning-observances as a
duty-bound
> king, Dasharatha arrived at the hall of Vedic-ritual, keeping the sages,
in
> his forefront.
>
> yukte muhUrte vijaye sarvAbharaNa bhUSitaih |
> bhrAtRibhih sahito rAmah kRita kautuka mangalah || 1-73-9
> vasiSTham purataH kRitvA maharshIn aparAnapi |
> rAma arrived at his father, together with all of his brothers, keeping
sage
> Vashishta and other eminent-saints ahead of them, on an opportune and
> appropriate hour called 'vijaya' and all the bridegrooms are adorned with
> all kinds of jewellery and all have performed the auspicious ceremonies,
> conducted prior to the marriage.
>
> vashishTho bhagavAn etya vaideham idam abravIt || 1-73-10
> rAjA dasharatho rAjan kRita kautuka mangalaih |
> putraiH nara vara shreSTha dAtAram abhikAnkshate || 1-73-11
> Then Vashishta said to Janaka, "Oh, king, having performed the auspicious
> ceremonies, Dasharatha along with his sons, is looking ahead for the
donor.
>
> dAtRi pratigrahItRibhyAm sarvArthAh sambhavanti hi |
> svadharmam pratipadyasva kRitvA vaivAhyamuttamam || 1-73-12
> "All the four purushArthas, dharma, arTha, kAma and mOksha will be abiding
> only between the benefactor and the beneficiary. thus, make happen this
> best marriage and in turn you achieve your own value of life.
>
> kah sthitah pratihAro me kasya AjnA sampratIkshyate |
> svagRihe ko vicArosti yathA rAjyamidam tava || 1-73-14
> "Who is that doorman that prevents your entry? Or, for whose orders you
all
> await with a bated breath? Or, you hesitate in your own house, or what?
This
> kingdom is as good as yours.
>
> kRita kautuka sarvasvA vedi mUlam upAgatAh |
> mama kanyA munishreSTha dIptA vahneh iva arcishah || 1-73-15
> "Oh, saint Vashishta, on performing the auspicious ceremonies for the
> marriage and thereby tying thread-band at wrists, my maids have arrived,
and
> they are at the Altar of Fire, like the irradiant jets of flames of
radiant
> fire.
>
> sadyOham tvat pratIkshOsmi vedyAmasyAm pratiShitah |
> avighnam kurutAm rAjA kimartham hi vilambyate || 1-73-16
> "I am ready... and I am awaiting you remaining at this Altar of Fire...
let
> everything be done unimpededly... indeed, what for the king Dasharatha is
> dawdling..." said Janaka to Vashishta.
>
> tat vAkyam janakenOktam shrutvA dasharathah tadA |
> praveshayAmAsa sutAn sarvAn RishigaNAnapi || 1-73-17
> Then on hearing that sentence of Janaka, Dasharatha started towards
marriage
> hall, and he started to enter with his four sons along with the
assemblages
> of sages.
>
> tato rAjA videhAnAm vashishThamidamabravIt |
> kArayasva Rishe sarvAn RishibhiH saha dhArmika || 1-73-18
> rAmasya loka rAmasya kriyAm vaivAhikIm prabho |
> Janaka, said to Vashishta, "oh, Brahma-sage, along with other sages you
make
> happen all the marriage oriented works of rAma, the rejoicer of the world.
>
> tathAstityuktvA tu janakam vashiSTHo bhagavAn Rishih || 1-73-19
> vishvAmitram puraskRitya shatAnandam ca dhArmikam |
> Vashishta said "So be it!" to Janaka, keeping sage VishvAmitra and the
> virtuous sage SatAnanda also, embarked on arranging Altar of Fire.
>
> prapA madhye tu vidhivat vedIm kRitvA mahAtapAh || 1-73-20
> alam cakAra tAm vedIm gandha puSpaih samantatah |
> Vashishta arranged an Altar of Fire and decorated that Altar with sandal
> paste and flowers, all over.
>
> suvarNa pAlikAbhih ca citra kumbhaih ca sAnkuraih || 1-73-21
> ankurADyaih sharAvaiH ca dhuupa paatraiH sa dhuupakaiH |
> sha.nkha paatraiH shruvaih srugbhih pAtraih arhghyAdi pUjitaih || 1-73-22
> lAja pUrNaih ca pAtrIbhih rakshitaih api samskRitaih |
> Vashishta promptly sanctified the golden and earthen pAlika vessels, and
> variously coloured handy vessels also, all full with just sprouted sprigs,
> and the censers with fumes of incenses, conch-shell like vessels, and
short
> handled wooden scoops for scooping oblatory items from vessels for putting
> it in long-handled scoops, and long-handled wooden scoops to drop those
> oblatory items into Ritual-fire, and other vessels filled with oblatory
> items like ghee, water, milk etc., and the other vessels that are filled
> with toasted rice-flakes, and sanctified all articles.
>
> darbhaih samaih samAstIrya vidhivat mantra puraskRitam || 1-73-23
> agnimAdhAya tam vedyAm vidhi mantra pUrvakam |
> juhAvAgnau mahAtejA vashishTho munipungava || 1-73-24
> That great Vashishta neatly overlaid sacred grass on that Altar of Fire,
> synergising with Vedic-chants, and on preparing fire with araNi sticks,
> and on placing it in the pit of Altar, and then reverently and in tune
with
> the Vedic-hymns, he effused oblational liquids into that Altar of Fire.
>
> tatah sItAm samAnIya sarvAbharaNa bhUshitAm |
> samakshamagneh samsthApya rAghavAbhimukhe tadA || 1-73-25
> abravIt janako rAjA kausalyAnanda vardhanam |
> Then that king led forth sIta, who by now is decorated with every variety
of
> bridal jewellery, and on positioning her in front of rAma, in the presence
> of Altar of Fire, Janaka addressed him, that enhancer of his mother
> Kausalya's rejoice.
>
> iyam siitaa mama sutaa saha dharma carii tava || 1-73-26
> pratiicCha ca enaam bhadram te paaNim gRihNiiSva paaNinA |
> Here is sIta , my daughter, to share the Dharma of your life. Take from
her
> father, take thy bride, accept her hand in your hand, and all happiness be
> to you.
>
> ( The ancient marriages are eight kinds.
> 1) brAhmya : inviting a celibate scholar after completion of his Vedic
> studies, and offering a bride in a ceremony;
> 2) daiva : offering a bride to a ritwij when he is conducting a
> Vedic-ritual;
> 3) aarSa : giving the bride after donating a cow and ox for the success of
> Vedic-ritual;
> 4) prAjApatya : offering a bride without seeking anything from the
> bridegroom, to follow the course of dharma;
> 5) asura : giving ample money to bride's party or to bride and marrying
her
> at costs;
> 6) gandharva : man and woman falling in love and marrying on their own.
> 7) rAkshasa : if a bride or bride's party do not agree, by maltreating,
> torturing and terrorising them, and thereby seizing the bride;
> 8) paishaacika : while the girl is asleep, or making her drunk, or
> unconscious and then molesting her, by which she becomes a 'can't but'
> bride. )
>
> pativratA mahabhAgA ChAyaivAnugatA sadA || 1-73-27
> ityuktvA prAkshipat rAjA mantra pUtam jalam tadA |
> "sIta, who is prosperous and devout-to-husband, will always be abiding to
> you like your own shadow..." So saying that king then poured forth water,
> sanctified with hymns.
>
> sAdhu sAdhu iti devAnaam RisdhINAm vadatAm tadA || 1-73-28
> deva dundubhi nirhghoshah pushpa varsham mahAnabhUt |
> There were a plentiful flower-showers, while sages and gods exclaimed
> "Nice... Fine..." to the drumbeats of heavenly drums.
>
> evam dattvA sutAm sItAm mantrOdaka puraskRitAm || 1-73-29
> abravIt janako rAjA harSeNAbhiparipluta |
> King Janaka on handing over his daughter Seetha, who is duly sanctified
with
> sanctified waters, is completely overwhelmed by exhilaration.
>
> lakshmaNAgacCha bhadram te UrmilAmudyatAm mayA || 1-73-30
> pratIcha pANim gRihNIshva mAbhUt kAlasya paryayah |
> "Come on, Lakshmana, happiness be to you... say yes to Urmila, the one
who
> is decided by me to be given to you... take her hand into yours... lapse
not
> the time.
>
> tamevamuktvA janako bharatam cAbhyabhAshata || 1-73-31
> gRihANa pANim mANDavyAh pANinA raghunandana |
> Janaka addressed Bharata, "Oh, Bharata, the delight of Raghu-s, take
> Maandavi's hand into yours.
>
> shatrughnam cApi dharmAtmA abravIt mithileshvarah || 1-73-32
> shrutakIrteh mahAbAho pANim gRihNIshva pANinA |
> King janaka said to Shatrughna, "oh, dextrous Shatrughna, take the palm of
> Shrutakiirti into yours.
>
> sarve bhavantah saumyAh ca sarve sucarita vratAh || 1-73-33
> patniibhih santu kAkutsthA mAbhUt kAlasya paryayah |
> "Oh, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna ... you all are tender-hearted,
> well-behaved and well-intentioned brothers from Kakutstha lineage...
without
> lapse of time, take up other ceremonies.
>
> janakasya vacah shrutvA pANIn pANibhih aspRishan || 1-73-34
> catvArah te catasRINAm vasishThasya mate sthitaah |
> On hearing Janaka's words, all the four bridegrooms accepted the hands of
> all the four brides, abiding in Vashishta's instructions.
>
> agnim pradakSiNam kRitvA vedim rAjAnamevaca || 1-73-35
> RiSiincaiva mahAtmAnah saha bhAryA raghUdvahAh |
> yathOktena tathA cakruh vivAham vidhi pUrvakam || 1-73-36
> On performing circumambulations along with their wives around the
> Ritual-fire, and around the Altar of Fire, and that way, around king
Janaka,
> and around sages as well , those great-souled bridegrooms that have
emerged
> from Raghu's dynasty, on performing the deeds of ritual consistent with
> custom as directed.
>
>
> pushpa vRiSTih mahati AsIt antarikshAt subhAsvarA |
> divya dundubhi nirhghoshai gIta vAditra nihsvanaih || 1-73-37
> There occurred plentiful and highly dazzling flower showers from
firmament,
> and [that ambience is filled with] the drumbeats of divine drums and with
> vocal and instrumental music.
>
> nanRituh ca apsarah sanghA gandharvAh ca jaguh kalam |
> vivAhe raghu mukhyAnAm tadadbhutam adRishyata || 1-73-38
> Apsaras danced, gandharvas sang ... and because it is the marriage of
> celebrated bridegrooms from Raghu's dynasty, such a charming spectacle is
> envisioned.
>
> IdRishe vartamAne tu tUrya udghushTa ninAdite |
> trih agnim te parikramya Uhuh bhAryA mahaujasah || 1-73-39
> In this kind of ongoingness of harmonious music of vocal, instrumental and
> that of dancers, those great resplendent brothers wed their wives, on
> circumabulating the Ritual-fire agni, thrice.
>
> atha upakAryAm jagmuh te sa dArA raghunandanAh |
> rAjApi anuyayau pashyan sa RiSi sanghaH sa bAndhavah || 1-73-40
> Then those sons of Raghu went to their visitatorial-palace with their
> wives, and king Dasharatha went after them, along with the
sage-assemblages
> and with his kinfolks.
>
> sarvE janAh sukhinO bhavantu. samasta sanmangalAni santu.
>
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