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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.21

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date. Janaka recounts the Videha lineage and Kuśadhvaja’s accession, offers Sītā & Ūrmilā and appoints the wedding day and preparatory rites

In the sequence: he now formally offers Sītā to Rāma and Ūrmilā to Lakṣmaṇa, repeating his commitment

1.70.21

sītāṃ rāmāya bhadraṃ te ūrmilāṃ lakṣmaṇāya ca
vīryaśulkāṃ mama sutāṃ sītāṃ surasutopamām

Sītā for Rāma — blessings on you — and Ūrmilā for Lakṣmaṇa: my daughter Sītā, whose bride-price was valour, the equal of a daughter of the gods.

Words: sītāṃ — Sītā; rāmāya — for Rāma; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; ūrmilāṃ — Ūrmilā; lakṣmaṇāya — for Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; vīryaśulkāṃ — whose bride-price was valour; mama — my; sutāṃ — daughter; sītāṃ — Sītā; surasutopamām — the equal of a daughter of the gods

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.