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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.6

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

1.33.6

sa pitā mama kākutstha gādhiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
kuśavaṃśaprasūto 'smi kauśiko raghunandana

That most righteous Gādhi was my father, O Kākutstha; I am born of the line of Kuśa, a Kauśika, O delight of the Raghus.

Words: sa — that; pitā — father; mama — my; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; gādhiḥ — Gādhi; paramadhārmikaḥ — most righteous; kuśavaṃśaprasūto 'smi — I am born of the line of Kuśa; kauśiko — a Kauśika (descendant of Kuśa); raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus

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.