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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.21

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

1.32.21

tam āhūya mahātejā brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ
dadau kanyāśataṃ rājā suprītenāntarātmanā

Summoning that Brahmadatta, the king of the earth, of great splendour, gave him the hundred maidens with a well-pleased heart.

Words: tam — him; āhūya — having summoned, called; mahātejā — of great splendour; brahmadattaṃ — Brahmadatta; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth; dadau — gave; kanyāśataṃ — the hundred maidens; rājā — the king; suprītenāntarātmanā — with a well-pleased heart

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.