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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.48

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.

2.110.48

tato 'haṃ tatra rāmāya pitrā satyābhisaṃdhinā
udyatā dātum udyamya jalabhājanam uttamam

Then, there, my father, true to his word, raising up an excellent vessel of water, made ready to give me to Rāma.

Words: tato — then; 'haṃ — I; tatra — there; rāmāya — to Rāma; pitrā — by (my) father; satyābhisaṃdhinā — true to his word; udyatā — made ready, brought forth; dātum — to give; udyamya — having raised up; jalabhājanam — water-vessel; uttamam — excellent

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.