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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.25

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.

2.110.25

evam uktā tu sā sītā tāṃ tato dharmacāriṇīm
śrūyatām iti coktvā vai kathayām āsa tāṃ kathām

Thus addressed, Sītā then said to that righteous woman, “Let it be heard,” and began to tell her the tale.

Words: evam — thus; uktā — addressed; tu — and; sā — she; sītā — Sītā; tāṃ — to her; tato — then; dharmacāriṇīm — the righteous one; śrūyatām — let it be heard; iti — thus; coktvā — and having said; vai — indeed; kathayām āsa — told, narrated; tāṃ kathām — that story

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.