Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 73: The Grand Wedding of Sītā and Rāma
Text 1.73.37
लक्ष्मणागच्छ भद्रं ते ऊर्मिलामुद्यतां मया।
प्रतीच्छ पाणिं गृह्णीष्व मा भूत्कालस्य पर्ययः॥
lakṣmaṇāgaccha bhadraṁ te ūrmilām udyatāṁ mayā
pratīccha pāṇiṁ gṛhṇīṣva mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ
lakṣmaṇa = Lakṣmaṇa; agaccha = come; bhadram te = may there be auspiciousness unto You; ūrmilām udyatām mayā pratīccha = accept Ūrmilā I have decided to give her to You; pāṇim gṛhṇīṣva = accept her hand; mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ = don’t delay.
Lakṣmaṇa, come! May there be auspiciousness unto You. Accept Ūrmilā. I have decided to give her to You. Accept her hand. Don’t delay.
[5] pitṛvya-putre sāpatne para-nārī-suteṣu vā / vivāha-dāna-yajñādau parivedo na dūṣaṇam.
Because Lakṣmaṇa and Bharata are from different mothers, Lakṣmaṇa’s wedding prior to Bharata is not wrong according to the Smṛti.[5]