Ramayana
रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् गोदानं कारयस्व ह । पितृकार्यं च भद्रं ते ततो वैवाहिकं कुरु ॥ १-७१-२३
( Having said thus king Janaka said to great King Dasharatha ) Oh ! king Dasharatha, let the preceding ritual of Godaana ( distribution of cows ), be undertaken and let manes be propitiated by the ritual, Naandi-shraadha, and afterwards you make happen the wedding celebrations . thus, all will be blest . ॥ 1-71-23॥
english translation
rAmalakSmaNayo rAjan godAnaM kArayasva ha । pitRkAryaM ca bhadraM te tato vaivAhikaM kuru ॥ 1-71-23
hk transliteration by Sanscript