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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.50

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.

2.110.50

tataḥ śvaśuram āmantrya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam
mama pitrā ahaṃ dattā rāmāya viditātmane

Then, having summoned my father-in-law, the aged king Daśaratha, my father gave me to Rāma, whose nature was well known.

Words: tataḥ — then; śvaśuram — the father-in-law; āmantrya — having summoned, invited; vṛddhaṃ — aged; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — king; mama — my; pitrā — by father; ahaṃ — I; dattā — was given; rāmāya — to Rāma; viditātmane — to him of well-known nature

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.