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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.5

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: Gādhi is born → Viśvāmitra identifies him as his own father and explains that descent from Kuśa makes him a Kauśika

1.33.5

kasya cit tv atha kālasya kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ
jajñe paramadharmiṣṭho gādhir ity eva nāmataḥ

Then, after some time, to the wise Kuśanābha was born a most righteous son, Gādhi by name.

Words: kasya cit — of some (time); tv — and; atha — then; kālasya — of time; kuśanābhasya — to Kuśanābha; dhīmataḥ — the wise; jajñe — was born; paramadharmiṣṭho — most righteous; gādhir — Gādhi; ity — thus; eva — indeed; nāmataḥ — by name

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.