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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.3

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: The daughters bow and explain that Vāyu injured them when they told him to seek their father's permission

1.32.3

pitṛmatyaḥ sma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ
pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava

We are under a father's authority — blessings on you — we do not act at our own will; woo our father, if he will give us to you.

Words: pitṛmatyaḥ — under a father's authority, having a father; sma — indeed (particle); bhadraṃ — a blessing; te — to you; svacchande — at (our) own will; na — not; vayaṃ — we; sthitāḥ — stand, remain; pitaraṃ — father; no — our; vṛṇīṣva — woo, entreat, ask; tvaṃ — you; yadi — if; no — us; dāsyate — will give; tava — to you

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.