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THE RAMAYANA
 
नकस्य वचश्श्रुत्वा पाणीन् पाणिभिरस्पृशन् ।

चत्वारस्ते चतसृणां वसिष्ठस्य मतेंते स्थिताः ॥
 

Hearing the words of Janaka, the four

brothers, under Vasishtha's direction, held

the (brides') hand in theirs.
 

 
अग्निं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य वेदिं राजानमेव च ।

ऋषींश्चेव महात्मानः सभार्या रघुसत्तमाः ।

यथोक्तेन तदा चक्रुः विवाहं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥
 

Going round the fire, the altar and also

the king and the sages, the four high-

souled brothers, the best of the Raghus,

performed their marriages accompanied by

their brides, in accordance with the scrip-

tural injunctions and as directed.
 

 
अथ राज्त्र्यां व्यतीतायां विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः ।

आपृष्ट्वा तौ च राजानौ जगामोत्तरपर्वतम् ॥
 

Then when the night was past, the great

ascetic Visvamitra took leave of the two

kings (Janaka and Dasaratha) and went to

the northern mountain.