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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.46
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.
2.110.46
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa tad ānamya sa vīryavān
jyāṃ samāropya jhaṭiti pūrayām āsa vīryavān
In the mere space of a blink, that mighty one bent the bow, swiftly fastened the string, and drew it to the full.
Words: nimeṣāntaramātreṇa — in the mere interval of a blink; tad — that (bow); ānamya — having bent; sa — he; vīryavān — the mighty; jyāṃ — the bowstring; samāropya — having fastened, strung; jhaṭiti — in an instant, quickly; pūrayām āsa — drew to the full, filled; vīryavān — the mighty one
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.