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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 110: Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story. Sītā receives clothing, ornaments and unfading cosmetic, then recounts her earth-birth, the bow and marriage

In the sequence: pleased, Anasūyā offers to grant a wish through her tapas → Sītā says she is already content

2.110.13

tato 'nasūyā saṃhṛṣṭā śrutvoktaṃ sītayā vacaḥ
śirasy āghrāya covāca maithilīṃ harṣayanty uta

Then Anasūyā, delighted to hear the words spoken by Sītā, kissed her on the head and, gladdening the Maithilī, said:

Words: tato — then; 'nasūyā — Anasūyā; saṃhṛṣṭā — delighted; śrutvoktaṃ — having heard the spoken (words); sītayā — by Sītā; vacaḥ — word; śirasy — on the head; āghrāya — having smelled (kissed); covāca — and said; maithilīṃ — the Maithilī (Sītā); harṣayanty — gladdening; uta — indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.