Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 43: Kausalyā Laments for Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā
Text 2.43.15
कदा सुमनसः कन्या द्विजातीनां फलानि च।
प्रदिशन्त्यः पुरीं हृष्टाः करिष्यन्ति प्रदक्षिणम्॥
kadā sumanasaḥ kanyā dvijātīnāṁ phalāni ca
pradiśantyaḥ purīṁ hṛṣṭāḥ kariṣyanti pradakṣiṇam
kadā = when; sumanasaḥ = flowers; kanyāḥ = virgin daughters; dvijātīnām = of brāhmaṇas; phalāni = fruits; ca = and; pradiśantyaḥ = distributing; purīm = the city; hṛṣṭāḥ = the delighted; kariṣyanti pradakṣiṇam = will circumambulate.
When will the delighted virgin daughters of brāhmaṇas distributing flowers and fruits circumambulate the city?
This is a North Indian ritual to invoke auspiciousness.