Shloka 27
त्रिसप्ततितमः सर्गः (Sarga 73): Mithilā Vivāha
Kanyādāna and the Fourfold Marriage Rites
इयं सीता मम सुता सहधर्मचरी तव।प्रतीच्छ चैनां भद्रं ते पाणिं गृह्णीष्व पाणिना।।।।
iyaṃ sītā mama sutā sahadharmacārī tava |
pratīccha caināṃ bhadraṃ te pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva pāṇinā || 1.73.27 ||
“ဤစီတာသည် ငါ၏သမီးဖြစ်သည်။ သင်၏ သဟဓမ္မစာရီဏီ—ဓမ္မ၌ အတူလျှောက်လှမ်းမည့် အဖော်—ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။ သူမကို လက်ခံပါ; သင်၌ မင်္ဂလာကောင်းကြီး ရှိပါစေ။ သင်၏လက်ဖြင့် သူမ၏လက်ကို ကိုင်ယူပါ။”
Thereafter king Janaka brought Sita adorned with various ornaments and placed her in the presence of Agni in front of Rama, the enhancer of the joy of Kausalya. And said:
FAQs
Marriage is defined as shared dharma (sahadharmacāriṇī): the union is oriented toward righteous living, duty, and truth, not merely personal desire.
Janaka performs the formal hand-giving/hand-taking instruction to Rāma, marking the decisive moment of kanyādāna and pāṇigrahaṇa.
Janaka’s integrity and clarity of values—he frames Sītā’s role as a dharmic partner and blesses Rāma with auspiciousness.