The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 1 - 35

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Canto XXXV.Visvámitra's Lineage. “The rites were o'er,the maids were wed, The bridegroom to his home was sped. The sonless monarch bade prepare A sacrifice to gain an heir. Then Kuśa,Brahmá's son,appeared, And thus King Kuśanábha cheered: “Thou shalt,my child,obtain a son Like thine own self,O holy one. Through him for ever,Gádhi named, Shalt thou in all the worlds be famed.” He spoke,and vanished from the sight To Brahmá's world of endless light. Time fled,and,as the saint foretold, Gádhi was born,the holy-souled. My sire was he;through him I trace My line from royal Kuśa's race. My sister—elder-born was she— The pure