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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.15

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

1.32.15

parituṣṭaṃ muniṃ jñātvā gandharvī madhurasvaram
uvāca paramaprītā vākyajñā vākyakovidam

Knowing the sage to be well pleased, the gandharva woman, exceedingly delighted and skilled in speech, spoke sweet-voiced to that master of words:

Words: parituṣṭaṃ — well pleased; muniṃ — the sage; jñātvā — having known; gandharvī — the gandharva woman; madhurasvaram — sweet-voiced, with sweet voice; uvāca — spoke; paramaprītā — exceedingly delighted; vākyajñā — skilled in speech (fem.); vākyakovidam — to (him) the master of words

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.