[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 1.53\_12 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 1.53\_12 English (machine translation) 1.53\_12 - **Language:** English ### [1.53\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.53_12) Then Kauśika, setting out toward Mithilā, spoke thus to the descendant of Kakutstha: “Long ago indeed, a royal sage named Kuśa, sprung from the one whose seat is the lotus \[Brahmā\], had four sons led by Kuśāmba, who were the founders of the cities named Kauśāmbī, Mahodaya, Dharmāraṇya, and Girivraja. Kuśanābha, for his part, begot a hundred daughters upon Ghṛtācī. The Wind, desiring these maidens who were in the bloom of youth, was rejected; overcome with anger at their refusal, he caused deformity in their limbs. - [Previous: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.53) - [Next: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.54) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.53_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.53_12) · Pramāṇa