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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.15
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
2.110.15
upapannaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca vacanaṃ tava maithili
prītā cāsmy ucitaṃ kiṃ te karavāṇi bravīhi me
kṛtam ity abravīt sītā tapobalasamanvitām
“Fitting and proper is your speech, O Maithilī, and I am pleased. Tell me — what suitable thing shall I do for you?” But Sītā answered the one endowed with the power of austerity, “It is already accomplished.”
Words: upapannaṃ — fitting, apt; ca — and; yuktaṃ — proper, right; ca — and; vacanaṃ — speech; tava — your; maithili — O Maithilī; prītā — pleased; cāsmy — and I am; ucitaṃ — suitable, fitting; kiṃ — what; te — for you; karavāṇi — shall I do; bravīhi — tell; me — me; kṛtam — (it is) done, accomplished; ity — thus; abravīt — said; sītā — Sītā; tapobalasamanvitām — to her endowed with the power of austerity
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.