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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.30

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: Sītā begins with her birth: while Janaka was ploughing, she emerged from the opened earth → the childless King took her up as his daughter, a voice from the sky confirmed the relationship, and his Queen raised her

2.110.30

antarikṣe ca vāg uktāpratimā mānuṣī kila
evam etan narapate dharmeṇa tanayā tava

And in the sky a voice, peerless and human-like, was uttered, it is said: ‘So it is, O king; by dharma she is your daughter.’

Words: antarikṣe — in the sky, mid-air; ca — and; vāg — a voice; uktāpratimā — uttered, peerless; mānuṣī — human(-like); kila — it is said; evam — thus, so; etan — this; narapate — O king; dharmeṇa — by dharma, rightfully; tanayā — daughter; tava — your

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.