The Lineage of Raghu 16.88

16.88

itthaṃ nāgas tribhuvanaguror aurasaṃ maithileyaṃ labdhvā bandhuṃ tam api ca kuśaḥ pañcamaṃ takṣakasya
ekaḥ śaṅkāṃ pitṛvadharipor atyajad vainateyāc chāntavyālām avanim aparaḥ paurakāntaḥ śaśāsa //

To whom the King made answer:—"Joyfully
I hail thee brother!" Then with all his train
Kumuda joined by solemn marriage-rite
His sister, pride of all her kin, to him,
High Chief of Raghu's line; who, when he took
The maiden's hand before the sacred Fire,
320Bound with auspicious knot of purest wool,
Heard through the skiey realms Celestial songs
With Heavenly music joined, while wondrous clouds
Poured down soft, copious rain of sweetest flowers.
When now alliance firm that King had made,
Whom Sîtâ bore to Râma, mighty Lord
Of all Three Worlds, with royal Kumuda,
Fifth son of Takshaka, the Serpent-King—
Two Worlds rejoiced:—since fear of Vishṇu's Bird,
Who ever rages for his father's death,
330The Nâgas now dismissed; and over Earth,
No more by Serpents vexed, loved Kuça reigned.