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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.45

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: Rāma later arrived with Viśvāmitra and Lakṣmaṇa → he bent and strung the bow, breaking it with a great crash → Janaka offered Sītā to him, but Rāma would not marry without his father's approval → Daśaratha was summoned, Sītā married Rāma, and Ūrmilā married Lakṣmaṇa → Sītā ends by affirming the marriage she has remained devoted to.

2.110.45

provāca pitaraṃ tatra rāghavo rāmalakṣmaṇau
sutau daśarathasyemau dhanurdarśanakāṅkṣiṇau
ity uktas tena vipreṇa tad dhanuḥ samupānayat

There the sage spoke to my father of the two Rāghavas, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa: ‘These two are sons of Daśaratha, eager to see the bow.’ Thus urged by that brahmin, my father had the bow brought forth.

Words: provāca — spoke, addressed; pitaraṃ — to (my) father; tatra — there; rāghavo — concerning the Rāghava (prince); rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (the two); sutau — the two sons; daśarathasyemau — these two, of Daśaratha; dhanurdarśanakāṅkṣiṇau — desirous of seeing the bow (dual); ity — thus; uktas — addressed, told; tena — by that; vipreṇa — brahmin; tad — that; dhanuḥ — bow; samupānayat — had brought forth, brought near

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.