Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 5
कुशिकवंश
प्रसङ्गः / Genealogy of the Kuśika Line and the Kausikī River
कस्य चित्त्वथ कालस्य कुशनाभस्य धीमत:।जज्ञे परमधर्मिष्ठो गाधिरित्येव नामत:।।।।
kasya cit tv atha kālasya kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ |
jajñe paramadharmiṣṭho gādhir ity eva nāmataḥ ||
Passado algum tempo, ao sábio rei Kūśanābha nasceu um filho de retidão suprema, conhecido pelo nome de Gādhi.
In this way, adored by the best of ascetics, the auspicious son of Kusika, went to sleep like the lustrous Sun setting.
FAQs
Righteousness is portrayed as the highest marker of nobility: the worth of an heir is measured by dharma, not merely by birth.
Viśvāmitra identifies Gādhi as the son of Kūśanābha, establishing the ancestral link leading to his own Kauśika identity.
Paramadharmitva—exemplary righteousness—is emphasized as Gādhi’s defining quality.