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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.31.5

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

1.31.5

ādhūrtarajaso rāma dharmāraṇyaṃ mahīpatiḥ
cakre puravaraṃ rājā vasuś cakre girivrajam

Ādhūrtarajasa, O Rāma, the lord of the earth, made the excellent city Dharmāraṇya; and King Vasu made Girivraja.

Words: ādhūrtarajaso — Ādhūrtarajasa; rāma — O Rāma; dharmāraṇyaṃ — Dharmāraṇya; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth; cakre — made; puravaraṃ — the excellent city; rājā — the king; vasuś — Vasu; cakre — made; girivrajam — Girivraja

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.