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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.23

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: she then asks Sītā to recount how she married Rāma.

2.110.23

svayaṃvare kila prāptā tvam anena yaśasvinā
rāghaveṇeti me sīte kathā śrutim upāgatā

“It has reached my ears, O Sītā — the tale that you were won at a self-choice ceremony by this illustrious Rāghava.

Words: svayaṃvare — at the self-choice (svayaṃvara); kila — it is said; prāptā — obtained, won; tvam — you; anena — by this; yaśasvinā — illustrious; rāghaveṇeti — by Rāghava — thus; me — to me; sīte — O Sītā; kathā — story; śrutim — hearing, ear; upāgatā — has come, reached

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.