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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.24

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.

2.110.24

tāṃ kathāṃ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa ca maithili
yathānubhūtaṃ kārtsnyena tan me tvaṃ vaktum arhasi

I wish to hear that story in full, O Maithilī; you ought to tell it to me entirely, just as it happened.”

Words: tāṃ kathāṃ — that story; śrotum — to hear; icchāmi — I wish; vistareṇa — in detail; ca — and; maithili — O Maithilī; yathānubhūtaṃ — as it was experienced; kārtsnyena — completely, in full; tan — that; me — to me; tvaṃ — you; vaktum — to tell; arhasi — ought

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.