Chapter 71 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 71.20

रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् गोदानं कारयस्व ह। पितृकार्यं च भद्रं ते ततो वैवाहिकं कुरु॥

rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājan godānaṃ kārayasva ha| pitṛkāryaṃ ca bhadraṃ te tato vaivāhikaṃ kuru||

English Meaning

do you now, O king, give away kine on behalf of the nuptials of Rāma and Lakşmaņa; and also perform their ancestral rites, good to you; and then complete the marriage ceremony.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)