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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.24.5

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse. Brahmā grants Suketu a powerful daughter, Tāṭakā marries Sunda and bears Mārīca, their attack on Agastya brings his transforming curses

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra explains that the childless yakṣa Suketu performed austerities → pleased, Brahmā gave him a daughter, Tāṭakā → he also gave her the strength of a thousand elephants, but gave Suketu no son

1.24.5

pitāmahas tu suprītas tasya yakṣapates tadā
kanyāratnaṃ dadau rāma tāṭakāṃ nāma nāmataḥ

And the Grandsire (Brahmā), well pleased, then gave to that lord of yakṣas a jewel of a daughter, O Rāma, Tāṭakā by name.

Words: pitāmahas — the Grandsire (Brahmā); tu — and; suprītas — well pleased; tasya — to that; yakṣapates — of the lord of yakṣas; tadā — then; kanyāratnaṃ — a jewel of a daughter; dadau — gave; rāma — O Rāma; tāṭakāṃ — Tāṭakā; nāma — by name; nāmataḥ — by name

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.