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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.31.4

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

1.31.4

kuśāmbas tu mahātejāḥ kauśāmbīm akarot purīm
kuśanābhas tu dharmātmā paraṃ cakre mahodayam

Kuśāmba of great splendour made the city Kauśāmbī; and the righteous Kuśanābha built the excellent Mahodaya.

Words: kuśāmbas — Kuśāmba; tu — and; mahātejāḥ — of great splendour; kauśāmbīm — Kauśāmbī; akarot — made; purīm — city; kuśanābhas — Kuśanābha; tu — and; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; paraṃ — excellent, supreme; cakre — made, built; mahodayam — Mahodaya

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.