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 ||
ကာကုတ်သ္ထ မင်းမျိုးတို့က သတို့သမီးတို့၏ နူးညံ့သော လက်များကို ကိုင်ယူသည့်အခါ ကောင်းကင်မှ တောက်ပလှပသော ပန်းမိုးကြီး တစ်ရပ် ဆင်းသက်လာ하였다။
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.