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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.18

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

1.32.18

tasyāḥ prasanno brahmarṣir dadau putram anuttamam
brahmadatta iti khyātaṃ mānasaṃ cūlinaḥ sutam

Pleased with her, the brahmin-seer gave her a peerless son, known as Brahmadatta, a mind-born son of Cūlī.

Words: tasyāḥ — with her; prasanno — pleased, gracious; brahmarṣir — the brahmin-seer; dadau — gave; putram — a son; anuttamam — peerless; brahmadatta — Brahmadatta; iti — thus; khyātaṃ — known, named; mānasaṃ — mind-born, mental; cūlinaḥ — of Cūlī; sutam — son

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.