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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.31

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

2.110.31

tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā pitā me mithilādhipaḥ
avāpto vipulām ṛddhiṃ mām avāpya narādhipaḥ

Then my father, the righteous lord of Mithilā, rejoiced greatly; and that king, having gained me, attained abundant prosperity.

Words: tataḥ — then; prahṛṣṭo — greatly delighted; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; pitā — father; me — my; mithilādhipaḥ — the lord of Mithilā; avāpto — attained; vipulām — abundant, ample; ṛddhiṃ — prosperity; mām — me; avāpya — having obtained; narādhipaḥ — the king

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.