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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters. Kuśanābha praises their restraint and arranges marriage to Brahmadatta, whose touch restores each sister as he takes her hand

In the sequence: pleased with her service, he offers her a reward

1.32.14

sa ca tāṃ kālayogena provāca raghunandana
parituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi tava priyam

And he, in the course of time, said to her, O delight of the Raghus: “I am well pleased — blessings on you — what may I do to please you?”

Words: sa — he; ca — and; tāṃ — to her; kālayogena — in the course of time; provāca — said, addressed; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus; parituṣṭo 'smi — I am well pleased; bhadraṃ — a blessing; te — to you; kiṃ — what; karomi — shall I do; tava — your; priyam — pleasing (thing), favour

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.