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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.3
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: his father Kuśa appears during the sacrifice and promises him a righteous son named Gādhi, then returns to Brahmā's world
1.33.3
putras te sadṛśaḥ putra bhaviṣyati sudhārmikaḥ
gādhiṃ prāpsyasi tena tvaṃ kīrtiṃ loke ca śāśvatīm
“A son like yourself, most righteous, shall be born to you, my son; you shall obtain Gādhi, and through him everlasting fame in the world.”
Words: putras — a son; te — to you; sadṛśaḥ — resembling (you), like; putra — O son; bhaviṣyati — will be, be born; sudhārmikaḥ — most righteous; gādhiṃ — Gādhi; prāpsyasi — you shall obtain; tena — through him; tvaṃ — you; kīrtiṃ — fame, glory; loke — in the world; ca — and; śāśvatīm — everlasting
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.