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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.31.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters. Vāyu proposes marriage, the sisters insist on their father’s consent and Vāyu enters their limbs and leaves them hunchbacked

In the sequence: they founded four cities: Kuśāmba established Kauśāmbī, Kuśanābha Mahodaya, Ādhūrtarajasa Dharmāraṇya, and Vasu Girivraja

1.31.3

kuśasya vacanaṃ śrutvā catvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ
niveśaṃ cakrire sarve purāṇāṃ nṛvarās tadā

Hearing Kuśa's words, the four, esteemed by the world, best of men, then all undertook the founding of cities.

Words: kuśasya — of Kuśa; vacanaṃ — words; śrutvā — having heard; catvāro — the four; lokasaṃmatāḥ — esteemed by the world; niveśaṃ — settlement, founding (of a city); cakrire — they made, undertook; sarve — all; purāṇāṃ — of cities; nṛvarās — best of men; tadā — then

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.