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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage. Kuśanābha obtains Gādhi through sacrifice, Viśvāmitra identifies Gādhi as his father and recounts Satyavatī’s transformation into the river Kauśikī

In the sequence: affection for her leads him to dwell near the Himālaya → he left that region for his observance at Siddhāśrama, now successfully completed through Rāma's help. Viśvāmitra closes the family history and urges sleep so the journey will not be delayed

1.33.14

gato 'rdharātraḥ kākutstha kathāḥ kathayato mama
nidrām abhyehi bhadraṃ te mā bhūd vighno 'dhvanīha naḥ

Midnight has passed, O Kākutstha, as I have been telling these tales; go to sleep — blessings on you — let there be no hindrance to our journey here.

Words: gato — gone, passed; 'rdharātraḥ — midnight; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; kathāḥ — tales, stories; kathayato — as (I) tell; mama — of me, my; nidrām — sleep; abhyehi — go to, approach; bhadraṃ — a blessing; te — to you; mā bhūd — let there not be; vighno — hindrance, obstacle; 'dhvanīha — here on the way; naḥ — for us, our

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.