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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.20

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: Kuśanābha chooses Brahmadatta for his daughters and summons him

1.32.20

sa buddhiṃ kṛtavān rājā kuśanābhaḥ sudhārmikaḥ
brahmadattāya kākutstha dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā

That most righteous King Kuśanābha then made up his mind, O Kākutstha, to give the hundred maidens to Brahmadatta.

Words: sa — that; buddhiṃ — a resolve, decision; kṛtavān — made, formed; rājā — the king; kuśanābhaḥ — Kuśanābha; sudhārmikaḥ — most righteous; brahmadattāya — to Brahmadatta; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; dātuṃ — to give; kanyāśataṃ — the hundred maidens; tadā — then

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.