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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.7

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: he describes his elder sister Satyavatī, wife of Ṛcīka, who followed her husband bodily to heaven and became the sacred river Kauśikī

1.33.7

pūrvajā bhaginī cāpi mama rāghava suvratā
nāmnā satyavatī nāma ṛcīke pratipāditā

And I have an elder sister, O Rāghava, of firm vows, Satyavatī by name; she was given in marriage to Ṛcīka.

Words: pūrvajā — elder-born, elder; bhaginī — sister; cāpi — and also; mama — my; rāghava — O Rāghava; suvratā — of firm vows; nāmnā — by name; satyavatī — Satyavatī; nāma — by name; ṛcīke — to Ṛcīka; pratipāditā — given (in marriage), bestowed

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.