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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.16

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: she praises Cūlī’s spiritual splendor and asks him for a righteous son endowed with brahmanical austerity, explaining that she has no husband → Cūlī grants her a mind-born son, Brahmadatta, who becomes King of Kāmpilyā

1.32.16

lakṣmyā samudito brāhmyā brahmabhūto mahātapāḥ
brāhmeṇa tapasā yuktaṃ putram icchāmi dhārmikam

“Endowed with the splendour of Brahman, become Brahman-like, a great ascetic — from you I wish for a righteous son endowed with brahmanical power.

Words: lakṣmyā — with splendour, fortune; samudito — endowed, arisen; brāhmyā — brahmanical, of Brahman; brahmabhūto — become Brahman, Brahman-like; mahātapāḥ — a great ascetic; brāhmeṇa — with brahmanical; tapasā — austerity, spiritual power; yuktaṃ — endowed, joined; putram — a son; icchāmi — I wish for; dhārmikam — righteous

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.