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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: he identifies them as Brahmā's daughters and tells Rāma that he is worthy to receive them

1.21.16

pitāmahasute hy ete vidye tejaḥsamanvite
pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśas tvaṃ hi dhārmika

For these two sciences, daughters of the Grandsire and endowed with splendour, are (to be given) to you, O Kākutstha; for you are worthy of them, O righteous one.

Words: pitāmahasute — the two daughters of the Grandsire; hy — for; ete — these two; vidye — the two sciences; tejaḥsamanvite — endowed with splendour (the two); pradātuṃ — to give, bestow; tava — to you; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; sadṛśas — worthy, fit; tvaṃ — you; hi — for; dhārmika — O righteous one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.