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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.24

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 rejoices and sends the married company away with its teachers → Somadā happily welcomes her hundred daughters-in-law.

1.32.24

sa dṛṣṭvā vāyunā muktāḥ kuśanābho mahīpatiḥ
babhūva paramaprīto harṣaṃ lebhe punaḥ punaḥ

Seeing them released from the affliction wrought by Vāyu, King Kuśanābha, lord of the earth, became exceedingly glad and rejoiced again and again.

Words: sa — he; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; vāyunā — by Vāyu; muktāḥ — released, freed; kuśanābho — Kuśanābha; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth; babhūva — became; paramaprīto — exceedingly glad; harṣaṃ — joy; lebhe — obtained, felt; punaḥ punaḥ — again and again

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.