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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.22

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: as Brahmadatta takes each sister's hand in marriage, she is freed of her hunchback and affliction, and her beauty returns

1.32.22

yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha raghunandana
brahmadatto mahī pālas tāsāṃ devapatir yathā

Then, one after another, O delight of the Raghus, King Brahmadatta, the protector of the earth, took their hands in marriage, like the lord of the gods.

Words: yathākramaṃ — in due order, one after another; tataḥ — then; pāṇiṃ — the hand; jagrāha — took, grasped; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus; brahmadatto — Brahmadatta; mahī pālas — protector of the earth; tāsāṃ — their, of them; devapatir — the lord of the gods (Indra); yathā — like, as

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.