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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.32.9

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 praises their united restraint, calling patience an ornament of both women and men and a foundation of dharma → he consults his ministers about suitable marriages. Viśvāmitra introduces the man they will marry through a second story: the maharṣi Cūlī, an ūrdhvaretas (one who restrains his generative energy) is served devotedly by Somadā, a gandharva woman and daughter of Ūrmilā

1.32.9

kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamāyāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat
visṛjya kanyāḥ kākutstha rājā tridaśavikramaḥ

patience is glory, patience is dharma; upon patience the world rests.” Having dismissed the maidens, O Kākutstha, the king, of god-like prowess,

Words: kṣamā — patience (is); yaśaḥ — glory, fame; kṣamā — patience (is); dharmaḥ — dharma; kṣamāyāṃ — on patience; viṣṭhitaṃ — rests, is established; jagat — the world; visṛjya — having dismissed, let go; kanyāḥ — the maidens; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; rājā — the king; tridaśavikramaḥ — of god-like prowess

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.