Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 73, Shloka 37
त्रिसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 73): Mithilā Vivāha
Kanyādāna and the Fourfold Marriage Rites
काकुत्स्थैश्च गृहीतेषु ललितेषु च पाणिषु।।।।पुष्पवृष्टिर्महत्यासीदन्तरिक्षात्सुभास्वरा।
kākutsthaiś ca gṛhīteṣu laliteṣu ca pāṇiṣu | puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd antarikṣāt subhāsvarā ||
কাকুৎস্থগণ যখন সেই কোমল করদ্বয় গ্রহণ করলেন, তখন আকাশ থেকে উজ্জ্বল ও মধুরধ্বনিময় মহাপুষ্পবৃষ্টি নেমে এল।
While the descendants of Kakustha (Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna) heldthe elegant hands (of Sita, Urmila, Mandavi, and Srutakirti) there was a heavy rain of bright flowers from the sky.
FAQs
A dhārmic act, performed rightly, is portrayed as harmonizing with the cosmos—nature and the divine realm symbolically affirm the truth and righteousness of the union.
At the moment of hand-taking, auspicious signs appear: a radiant shower of flowers falls from the heavens.
The princes’ purity of conduct and legitimacy of the rite—suggested by the auspicious heavenly response.