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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.65.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition. Janaka recounts Sītā’s birth, Śiva’s bow and the suitors’ failure, offering her hand to Rāma if he can string it

In the sequence: born from the furrow rather than a womb, she grew up as his daughter → he resolved that proven valor would be the condition of her marriage

1.65.14

atha me kṛṣataḥ kṣetraṃ lāṅgalād utthitā mama
kṣetraṃ śodhayatā labdhvā nāmnā sīteti viśrutā

Now, as I was plowing the field, there arose from the plow(-furrow) — obtained by me as I was preparing the field — one renowned by the name Sītā (Furrow).

Words: atha — now, then; me kṛṣataḥ — of me as I plowed; kṣetraṃ — the field; lāṅgalād — from the plow; utthitā — arisen; mama — my; kṣetraṃ — the field; śodhayatā — (by me) preparing, cleansing; labdhvā — having obtained; nāmnā — by name; sīteti — 'Sītā'; viśrutā — renowned

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.