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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.20
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: Anasūyā nevertheless gives her divine clothing, ornaments, a garland, and an unfading cosmetic
2.110.20
sā vastram aṅgarāgaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni srajas tathā
maithilī pratijagrāha prītidānam anuttamam
That Maithilī accepted the raiment, the cosmetic, the ornaments, and the garlands too — that unsurpassed gift of love.
Words: sā — she; vastram — the raiment; aṅgarāgaṃ — the cosmetic; ca — and; bhūṣaṇāni — the ornaments; srajas — the garlands; tathā — likewise; maithilī — Maithilī; pratijagrāha — accepted, received; prītidānam — the gift of love; anuttamam — unsurpassed
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.