Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 3
कुशिकवंश
प्रसङ्गः / Genealogy of the Kuśika Line and the Kausikī River
पुत्रस्ते सदृश: पुत्र भविष्यति सुधार्मिक:।गाधिं प्राप्स्यसि तेन त्वं कीर्तिं लोके च शाश्वतीम्।।।।
putras te sadṛśaḥ putro bhaviṣyati sudhārmikaḥ |
gādhim prāpsyasi tena tvaṃ kīrtiṃ loke ca śāśvatīm ||
「汝には汝に似た子が生まれよう。深く正しく、ダルマに篤い子である。その名はガーディ（Gādhi）。彼によって汝は世に永遠の名声を得るであろう。」
This is the family of the Kusas, venerable always devoted to dharma, foremost of men, great like Lord Brahma.
FAQs
Dharma is presented as the defining inheritance: true continuity of a dynasty is not merely biological, but the transmission of virtue and righteous conduct.
Kūśa addresses King Kūśanābha, predicting the birth of a virtuous son named Gādhi and the lasting renown that will follow.
The virtue emphasized is dharma-niṣṭhā—steadfast devotion to righteousness—shown as the greatest source of lasting fame.