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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.32
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
2.110.32
dattvā cāsmīṣṭavad devyai jyeṣṭhāyai puṇyakarmaṇā
tayā saṃbhāvitā cāsmi snigdhayā mātṛsauhṛdāt
And by him of holy deeds I was given over, like a beloved child, to his eldest queen; and by her, full of tenderness, I was cherished with a mother's affection.
Words: dattvā — having given; cāsmīṣṭavad — and I was, like a cherished child; devyai — to the queen; jyeṣṭhāyai — to the eldest, chief; puṇyakarmaṇā — by him of meritorious deeds; tayā — by her; saṃbhāvitā — cherished, honored; cāsmi — and I am; snigdhayā — by the affectionate one; mātṛsauhṛdāt — with a mother's love
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.