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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.33

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: when she reached marriageable age, Janaka worried about finding a suitable husband for a daughter with such an unusual origin → he decided to hold a contest

2.110.33

patisaṃyogasulabhaṃ vayo dṛṣṭvā tu me pitā
cintām abhyagamad dīno vittanāśād ivādhanaḥ

But when my father saw that I had reached the age fit for union with a husband, he fell into distress, like a poor man stricken at the loss of his wealth.

Words: patisaṃyogasulabhaṃ — fit for union with a husband; vayo — age; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; tu — but; me — my; pitā — father; cintām — anxiety, worry; abhyagamad — fell into, went to; dīno — distressed, wretched; vittanāśād — from loss of wealth; ivādhanaḥ — like a poor man

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.