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Shloka 1.73.39

त्रिसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 73): Mithilā Vivāha—Kanyādāna and the Fourfold Marriage Rites

यस्मिंस्तु दिवसे राजा चक्रे गोदानमुत्तमम् ।तस्मिं स्तु दिवसे शूरो युधाजित्समुपेयिवान्।।1.73.1।।

yasmiṁs tu divase rājā cakre godānam uttamam | tasmiṁs tu divase śūro yudhājit samupāyivān ||

On the very day the king performed the most excellent gift of cows, the heroic Yudhājit arrived on that same day.

The day the king (Dasaratha) made a gift of the best (available) cows the heroic Yudhajit arrived.

D
Daśaratha (implied by 'rājā' and context of Ayodhyā court gifts)
G
Godāna (gift of cows)
Y
Yudhājit

It foregrounds dāna-dharma (righteous giving): generosity—especially cow-gifts—signals a king’s duty to sustain social and sacred order.

A transition note: during Daśaratha’s charitable gifting, Yudhājit arrives, setting up the next movement of the story.

Daśaratha’s generosity and public-spirited kingship, expressed through sanctioned giving.