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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.110.52
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.
2.110.52
evaṃ dattāsmi rāmāya tadā tasmin svayaṃ vare
anuraktā ca dharmeṇa patiṃ vīryavatāṃ varam
Thus was I given to Rāma then at that self-choice, and by dharma I am devoted to my husband, the best of the mighty.”
Words: evaṃ — thus; dattāsmi — I was given; rāmāya — to Rāma; tadā — then; tasmin — at that; svayaṃ vare — self-choice (svayaṃvara); anuraktā — devoted, attached; ca — and; dharmeṇa — by dharma; patiṃ — to (my) husband; vīryavatāṃ — of the mighty; varam — the best
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.