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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.4

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

1.33.4

evam uktvā kuśo rāma kuśanābhaṃ mahīpatim
jagāmākāśam āviśya brahmalokaṃ sanātanam

Having spoken thus to King Kuśanābha, O Rāma, Kuśa entered the sky and went to the eternal world of Brahmā.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having said; kuśo — Kuśa; rāma — O Rāma; kuśanābhaṃ — Kuśanābha; mahīpatim — the lord of the earth; jagāmākāśam — went, into the sky; āviśya — having entered; brahmalokaṃ — the world of Brahmā; sanātanam — eternal, 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.